Large Bronze Cat Goddess BastetThe Egyptian goddess Bastet was believed to reveal herself in the for
Large Bronze Cat Goddess BastetThe Egyptian goddess Bastet was believed to reveal herself in the form of a cat. All cats, therefore, were revered as sacred, and thousands of cat mummies survive near the goddess’s seat at Bubastis (Tell-Basta) in the Nile Delta. Mummies of sacred animals were often offered at sacred sites and covered with elaborate linen wrappings or placed in wooden or bronze images (like this one) of these animals.Late Period, ca. 664-332 BC. Now in the Worcester Art Museum, Massachusetts. 1947.7 -- source link
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