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Descripción : LATE PERIOD, CIRCA 6TH-4TH CENTURY B.C. Ears pointed upwards with alert feline expression, mounted 61/2 in. (16.5 cm.) high NOTES Cats were sacred in ancient Egypt and worshipped in the form of Bastet, whose great sanctuary was at Bubastis in the Delta of Lower Egypt, where cats were mummified and buried. Some cats appear to have been imported from Ethiopia or the Near East and were larger than our modern domesticated cats. The continuation of the worship of cats into Graeco-Roman times is reflected in the story of a mob in Alexandria who slaughtered a person who had accidentally killed a cat.
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