Real Ancient Egyptian Cat Statue

It was in egypt that cats were first domesticated more than 4000 years ago and around 2000 bce that the fully domesticated cat was brought into the houses of egyptians.

Real ancient egyptian cat statue. Archaeologists in egypt have discovered dozens of mummified cats along with 100 wooden gilded statues of felines and a bronze statue of a cat goddess named bastet. The ancient egyptians took their cats on hunting trips instead of dogs and statues of cats were placed outside the house to protect the inhabitants and to ward off evil spirits. From bronze reproductions to designer resin replicas our cat statues are wonderful objects of decor directly brought from the ancient egypt. She was native to bubastis in the nile river delta but also had an important cult at memphis.

Make offer ancient egypt kitty egyptian bastet sculpture cat goddess statue collectible vtg egyptian bastet cat goddess resin figurine statue 4 high 12 00. Tens of cat mummies and around 100 wooden statues of cats were discovered near a pyramid in saqqara egypt. Skeletal remains of cats were found. Cats were praised for killing venomous snakes and protecting the pharaoh since at least the first dynasty of egypt.

Bastet also called bast ancient egyptian goddess worshiped in the form of a lioness and later a cat. The gayer anderson cat is an ancient egyptian statue of a cat which dates from the late period around 664 332 bc. 4 7 out of 5 stars 9. Penalties for injuring this very charming animal were very severe including death.

Cats in ancient egypt were represented in social and religious practices of ancient egypt for more than 3 000 years. Being a fascinating animal that would ward off snakes mices and other pests ancient egyptians held cats as sacred and worshiped them via bastet the cat goddess. Statues of cats and seven sarcophagi some dating back more than 6 000 years have been discovered at a site on the edge of the pyramid complex in saqqara south of the egyptian capital cairo. The daughter of re the sun god bastet was an ancient deity whose ferocious nature was ameliorated after the domestication of the cat around 1500 bce.

Get it as soon as wed jul 8. Design toscano wu74309 royal bastet cat goddess egyptian jewelry box statue 6 inch polyresin black and gold. Ebros ancient egyptian sitting cat bastet statue in aged bronze patina resin finish 8 5 tall protector of pharaoh women cats home and fertility bast figurine. The deity mut was also depicted as a cat and in the company of a cat.

In the late and ptolemaic periods large cemeteries of mummified cats were created at both sites and thousands of bronze statuettes of the goddess. It is made of bronze with gold ornaments.