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The cats in ancient Egyptian society comes from scenes of everyday life depicted in paintings on the walls of tombs.

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In tombs scenes, cats are shown laying or sitting below chairs, chasing birds and playing

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Keeping a cat as a live-in pet during their lives, ancient Egyptians continued that relationship into the afterlife.

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To see cats included in these tableaus speaks to their importance both in the daily lives of ancient Egyptians and in their hope that they continued with them into the Hereafter.

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The presence of cats in tombs wasn’t limited to paintings—sometimes cats were mummified and placed inside their human companion’s tomb.

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Members of the Egyptian royal class dressed their cats in gold and let them eat from their plates.Although members of the lower classes weren’t in a position to dress their cats in precious metals.

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Cats were not worshipped as gods themselves, but as vessels that the gods chose to inhabit, and whose likeness gods chose to adopt,” . Through their ubiquitous presence in the art, fashion and home ornamentation of ancient Egypt, cats served as an everyday reminder of the power of the gods.