The ancient Egyptians revered cats as sacred animals, particularly due to their connection to the goddess Bastet.

Cats were considered sacred in ancient Egypt.

In ancient Egyptian mythology, cats were believed to have multiple souls, contributing to their revered status.

The concept of cats having seven lives was also present in ancient Egyptian culture, solidifying their spiritual significance.

Bastet, often depicted with a cat's head, was a central figure in ancient Egyptian mythology and spirituality.

Bastet symbolized conservation in ancient Egyptian civilization through her association with cats.

Bastet represented spirituality in ancient Egyptian civilization, highlighting the spiritual connection between cats and Egyptians.

Bastet, the Egyptian goddess of cats, was revered for her roles in pregnancy, childbirth, war, and family protection.

Cats' ability to defend homes, ward off evil spirits, and predict the future contributed to their sacred status in ancient Egyptian culture.

Cats were seen as protectors against evil forces in ancient Egyptian spiritual beliefs.

Cats played a significant role in ancient Egyptian daily life and spirituality as mousetraps, amulets, and spirit negotiators.

The ancient Egyptian goddess Bast, who transforms into a black cat, was believed to protect humans and drive away evil spirits.

In ancient Egypt, cats were believed to have healing properties and sense human emotions, reflecting their importance in spiritual and emotional well-being.

In ancient Egypt, cats symbolized well-being and fertility, and were invaluable for controlling rodents and preserving grain.

The mummification of cats demonstrates the high regard in which they were held in ancient Egyptian culture.

The importance of cats in ancient Egyptian culture is highlighted by numerous cat mummies, tomb paintings, and artifacts that demonstrate their significant emotional and spiritual value.

There is no information about Egyptians shaving their eyebrows when mourning a family cat.

The ancient Egyptians revered cats as sacred animals, particularly due to their connection to the goddess Bastet.

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Content: The world 's first Shanghai Museum to hold the first exhibition with cats
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SHANGHAI (Reuters) - The People's Square Pavilion of the Shanghai Museum held its first exhibition with pet cats on Saturday (July 27), and 200 pet cats entered the museum that night under the leadership of their owners, setting a precedent for comprehensive museums in the world, reflecting the strong demand for Chinese people to travel with pets.
Comprehensive surging news network, Oriental network and other reports, with the top of the pyramid: ancient Egyptian civilization exhibition held, the Shanghai Museum since Saturday regularly launched a total of 10 museum strange night activities, inviting visitors to bring pet cats to watch the exhibition.
After the event tickets went on sale, the first 200 tickets sold out in one second, and all tickets for a total of 10 events sold out in one hour.
Many members of the public with pet cats arrived at the Shanghai Museum at 5: 30 p.m. on Saturday to wait in line, and the kittens in attendance attracted many passersby to stop and take photos.
Many relics on display are related to cats, including cat mummies.
In ancient Egypt, the cat god Bastet was regarded as a symbol of guardianship and spirituality; the ancient Egyptians worshiped the cat god, which coincided with the current people's love for "meow".
According to reports, pet visitors must go to the regular pet hospital in advance to issue a cat immunization certificate and present it when entering the museum.
Only certain areas in the museum exhibition hall allow pet cats to be photographed, but they must use their own traction rope and chest back; other areas need to be placed in their own cat bags and cat carts.
The event also invites pet doctors, pet emergency vehicles, pet management teams and other on-site personnel to deal with emergency situations.
Staff at the museum also receive professional training on pet cats.
According to incomplete statistics, there are more than 1 million pet dogs and more than 1.2 million pet cats in Shanghai.
As more and more pets enter the public space, many public places have successively joined the ranks of pet friendliness, and higher requirements have been put forward for fine urban management.
Chu Xiaobo, director of the Shanghai Museum, said that the demand for pet owners to travel with pets is strong, and on the premise of ensuring safety and order, it is hoped that the museum can be opened in different ways to allow the audience to have a more diverse experience.
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Content: Expert felinologist exposed the popular myths about cats
March 1 is Cat Day in Russia.
The first day of March was chosen not by chance - because it is in this month that the cat hymns to spring and love sound loudest, straight-forward and demanding.
And let snow pour from the sky mixed with rain, let ice tiny under fluffy paws, let the gusts of the young spring and violent wind almost blow off the roof - mustachioed Lovelaces do not confuse the harsh scenery.
And free street robbers, and home "masics", who have escaped the famous surgical procedure, all the way to the world around the onset of spring madness.
Well, on the eve of Cat Day, we met with expert felinologist Maria Vershinina - she knows everything about these amazing animals.
– Maria, felinologist – profession or hobby?
- In general, felinology is a section of zoology that studies the anatomy and physiology of domestic cats, as well as their breeds, especially their selection, breeding and maintenance.
Judging by the amount of work invested and time spent, this is undoubtedly a profession.
Club leaders, experts who act as judges at exhibitions, should not only have extensive knowledge in the field of felinology, but also support them with relevant documents - licenses, certificates and other paperwork.
And for this it is necessary to undergo training, more often – abroad, which costs a lot of money.
But to live on the fees of the expert of the breed is impossible.
Paying for refereeing is just a nice bonus.
We all have professions that give the main income, so in the sense of money, felinology is a hobby, and expensive.
For example, I work in real estate.
Cats are for the soul.
Cats are credited with supernatural abilities, they often act as characters in various mystical stories.
Have you ever seen anything like that?
– Look, it is better to ask such questions to the participants of the “Battle of psychics ” – it is their cats who see ghosts, travel on parallel worlds and cure oncology.
I communicate with cats all my life, professionally - since 1988, when the first club of cat lovers "Kotofey" was created in our glorious city of Leningrad.
And with all confidence I can say - these are cute, charming, sometimes wayward and independent, sometimes naughty and naughty - but just pets.
And no mysticism.
I remember back in Soviet times in the journal "Science and Life" published a series of articles about the incredible abilities of ordinary domestic cats.
It was generally proposed to consider them agents of extraterrestrial civilization, sent to us from Sirius, on the simple grounds that the extremely wise ancient Egyptians deified them.
And in India, a cow is still considered sacred, but few people think of attributing it to the cosmos.
A lot of nonsense is written about cats - and they foresee death, and they keep the connection with the "subtle world", and the house is protected from any misfortune...
All right, in the dense Middle Ages such stories flourished – by the way, then cats, especially black ones, were not welcomed, considering them to be accomplices of Satan – so no, in our enlightened age all sorts of fables are composed.
In general, the desire of the cat owner to endow his pet with some superpowers is understandable, but practice shows that the domestic cat is an ordinary cute animal, more or less attached to the owner.
I had a friend who was convinced that her Marquis “saw ” some otherworldly entity that had settled in the house.
Indeed, we all often notice how sometimes cats freeze and seem to see off something invisible.
The explanation is simple: their vibrations are whiskers, in other words, they catch the slightest movement of air currents.
Here, say, the wind blew into the window open in the kitchen, the air came into motion, and the ancient hunting instinct makes the cat closely monitor this process.
By the way, another myth that cats see in the dark is debunked “on the count of times. ”
They see no more than ours, but they are perfectly oriented with the help of all the same vibrissi - this is their main organ of touch.
By the way, touching stories that a cat will always find its way home, take it away from home at least five hundred kilometers, also from the field of folk myth-making.
I know of a hundred cases when these guys, for example, taken with them to visit a neighboring village or “on the nature ” and escaped from their owners, never returned themselves – they searched for them all over the world and did not always find them.
And nine cat lives is also a strong exaggeration.
Cats, like humans, suffer from toothache, kidney and liver disease, eventually losing vision and hearing.
And their life is one, fragile and not very long compared to human.
– There is an opinion that “cats cure ”, help to get rid of the disease.
Or is it also a myth?
– I communicate very closely with the owners of various cat breeds, and many argue that their pets have incredible healing powers.
Alas, there are no scientific data confirming the medicinal abilities of baleen - striped - I have shoveled a mountain of serious literature on this topic.
And here is how interesting it turns out - there is no data, but the therapeutic effect is present!
But in fact, everything is simple - we, communicating with cats, experience a lot of positive emotions, in addition, these cute creatures are associated with us with comfort and peace.
Therefore, people next to cats relax, they normalize the work of the whole body.
From the ineradicable human belief that “cats cure ”, there was such a phenomenon as felinotherapy.
Well, there is dolphin therapy, there is hippotherapy - this is when patients ride horses, there is canistherapy - when they are "treated" by communicating with dogs, and then cats also took care of human health.
There ’ s nothing wrong with this – I read that it seems in the US that therapists who have worked with mentally retarded children have found that cats are very beneficial to people with various mental illnesses, brain damage, and even promote the healing of addicts to alcohol and drugs.
The cat, in fact, does not do anything unusual, it simply swallows to the patient, lies on the chest, makes its cat "massage", slightly releasing the claws.
Her warmth, soothing rumbling allow the patient to calm down - and anxiety, nervousness recede.
And then, you need to know that the body temperature of these animals is somewhere 38-39 degrees, and in such a breed as the sphinx - and all 42, so if this "heating pad" lies, say, on the area of   the inflamed joint, then, indeed, temporary relief may come.
But seriously count on a cure for the disease by applying cats to sick places is not worth it.
I came across articles where the authors directly indicated the “specialization ” of kotekas depending on gender, length of wool and breed – the British type“ from the heart ”, short-haired “girls ” – from female diseases, and male cats – from sciatica.
Delusions and ignorance.
- All right, cat therapy's been sorted out.
But what breeds are currently considered the most popular, the most popular?
- The most popular at all times was and remains a "real nobleman" - a cat of the yard breed, which does not have any documents.
Do you remember Matroskin? - Ears, paws, tail - these are my documents...
By the way, now more and more often there are exhibitions of mongrel cats, and everything is serious there - the general condition, grooming and beauty of the coat are evaluated, for patterned cats - the "readability" of strips and spots, the harmony of the composition and much more.
If we talk about really fashionable breeds today, then the Maine Coons are leading here - for Russia this is no longer a new and very popular breed.
Huge size and semi-wild appearance, but at the same time - sociable and good-natured.
British shorthair and Russian blue breeds are still in demand - plush tenderness, round, always surprised eyes - the charm itself.
Also very popular are Scottish Fold cats, cats of Burmese and Abyssinian breed, Neva masquerade, and, of course, the Persians - these are out of fashion, love for all times.
As for naked cats - St. Petersburg, Don and Canadian sphinxes, Peterbalds, elves, bambinos and cohons, everything is not easy here.
They are either adored or not accepted at all.
Wanting to get some unusual, “cool ” animal, a person takes such a kitten into the house, but often can not come to terms with its appearance and some features.
However, people appreciate their resemblance to alien beings, their playfulness, tenderness, friendliness.
These cats have almost no smell, and the lack of wool makes it incredibly easy to care for.
– There is an opinion that there are breeds of “evil ” and“ good ” – is it true?
- No, it's a delusion.
It all depends on the upbringing and attitude to the animal.
Growing up in love and affection, the cat is calm and serene, it does not show aggression, and the breed does not play any role here.
I have a friend for some time fed a stray cat on the stairwell - not alone, other neighbors - too.
And then one day at the place where food was usually left, she saw an ad - "Do not put the bowls, the cat is no longer here.
We took him home to love him. ”
I was crying when I heard this story.
It is necessary to take an animal into the house with the sole purpose - to love, otherwise it is not necessary to start all this "cotovasiya".
Svetlana ZAVADSKAYA

In ancient Egyptian mythology, cats were believed to have multiple souls, contributing to their revered status.

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Content: On the occasion of the establishment of the Iraqi Air Force...
An Iraqi eagle with seven lives.
A perfect understanding.
2023-04-22T11: 55: 00.000000Z
The brave Iraqi army, especially its brilliant pilots, are celebrating these days the 92nd anniversary of the founding of their heroic air force, protector of the clear sky of Iraq, the shield of its land, and the watchful eye of its borders.On this occasion, dear to the heart of every Iraqi citizen patriotic and jealous of his country, and from its history full of heroism, and achievements witnessed by brothers and friends. As part of the travel of this ancient institution, here is one of the stories of one of the brave vultures of the air, strange and funny in its timing, took place during the 1970s of the last century and deserved to be called a distinction (an Iraqi eagle with seven lives) and we write the details below in full honesty:
The cat is usually described as having seven lives, and anyone who has survived a certain death multiple times is referred to as (like a cat with seven lives...!) .This common and circulating proverb leads us to wonder in its meaning: Will cats come back to life if they are weaned seven times...?! What is the good reason for this saying or this myth and why cats in particular...?
The ancient pharaohs believed that a cat has more than one soul, and that it is able to survive various accidents, and whenever it survives a fatal accident, one of its seven souls is lost.
Or does man have a second spirit, as the Pharaohs believe, and man by his nature chooses what he wants and when he wants, but in the end he is guided by the destinies of God, who does not want to return to his will and glory?
As an example of what we have mentioned, the Russian monk Rasputin had a spiritual power to heal, and also a miraculous power to survive the poison of cyanide, the bullets of pistols, and the chains of iron, until he drowned and died after a great effort.
Our modern military history reminds us of real evidence and facts stranger than fiction.
A glaring example of this is what happened to the English officer Adrian Carton de Weyart, who participated in the Boer War in Africa in 1899 and then World War I and World War II.
From these wars he received plagues and misfortunes, unless any of his colleagues received them.
He was shot in the leg, then in the chest and abdomen, lost his ear, and a bullet pierced his head and came out without damage, and was injured by multiple fragments of his body until his left hand was amputated, and one of his eyes was taken out, and his plane fell in the open sea near Egypt, but he survived until he reached the coast swimming, and was imprisoned for two years in captivity camps.
Churchill sent him with a delegation to China as the official representative of Britain, but his plane fell into the sea and all the passengers died except him.
He died of natural causes in 1963 at the age of 83, and received high honors and honors during his long service, which are awarded only for valor in the face of the enemy.
He published a book called "Happy Odyssey" in which he said, "Frankly...
I enjoyed the war...!) and such stories, paradoxes and destinies applied relatively to a young Iraqi pilot officer who recently graduated, did what every pilot does during his first hours of flight in military aircraft with a fixed or mobile wing, but what differed from them was exposed to unfortunate and even fatal accidents that are not enviable.
Anyone who hears their scenarios and details does not conclude in his imagination that this pilot has inevitably died of these accidents, but the will of God is the greatest and His providence is the strongest of all calamities and tribulations.
Iraqi pilot Mohammed Tarek Sayed Hamid, a recent graduate of the Air Force College in 1970, specialized in piloting the Mi-21, a supersonic combat aircraft that was at the time one of the most modern and sophisticated military aircraft in the world.
The pilot Tarek, who was at the beginning of his aerial climb, faced three major air crashes.
He was then in the flower of his youth and the beginning of his life as a military pilot dreaming of flying his wing and proud to defend his country and boasting when he penetrated the sky leaving behind the people of the ground.The first incident happened to him when he was flying his Mi-21 PFM, in a (training) flight on July 16, 1972, which is the day and the date that can not be forgotten in his life as a lieutenant pilot.
In that flight, he was the target of the training and the other pilot was the target.
During the intersection, as he approached the target aircraft, a problem occurred in the aircraft, where the engine rotation (RPM) slowed to the lowest degree of rotation (Idle Run), which is at an altitude of 5,500 m.
The pilot Tarek, was converting the altitude to his speed in order to be able to control the aircraft trying effort to reach the base, and the commander of the squadron was also in the air with a double plane asked him about his height and location and told him now at a height of 4 thousand meters, and in the case of gradual decline.
He replied to the command of the squadron: When you reach a height of two thousand meters and the engine of the aircraft did not respond, you have to prepare to throw yourself out of the plane! The plane reached an altitude of 1800 m and told his order so the commander said: Eject now from the plane...!
But the pilot Tarek did not eject, contrary to the order issued to him, and this was a big mistake from him believing that he would reach the runway in the final landing area.
The plane reached an altitude of 300 meters, until the wheels came down from the belly of the plane and the plane fell at frightening speed towards the ground and perpendicular.
Here the pilot decided to press the lever of the ejection chair to go out before the plane crashed into the ground and exploded, to land the parachute in a confused position and his contact with the ground was shocking, and the wind speed at the time 20 m / s, fell to the ground strongly and the parachute took him and dragged him 150 m on the ground until he managed to control and freedom after he was injured and multiple bruises in his body and glided His skin.
He was immediately taken by ambulance to Habbaniya Military Hospital and stayed there for four days for treatment and treatment.
He was then granted sick leave for 21 days, which was a beautiful occasion and a golden opportunity to get married and enjoy sick leave in appearance, but honey in reality, and this is the will of God that saved the pilot Tariq, from the cage of death to enter the golden cage after bad luck...!
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The second incident occurred on 26 / 1 / 1975, less than three years after the first incident and in the same model as the previous Mic 21 aircraft but double cabin and pilot Mohamed Tarek had been raised at the time to the rank of first lieutenant. That day, within the normal flight curriculum, he had an air combat sortie called (one against one). The aircraft is requesting to send two officers to inspect the MIK-21, a dual aircraft after its engine was replaced by a new one.
The commander of the squadron decided to go to the laboratory to conduct the examination himself, accompanied by the first lieutenant pilot Mohammed Tariq, and postpone his combat training flight to another time, and this is another luck that knocked his doors.
And the worst of bad luck is to be content with it.
The two officers picked up the plane from the aircraft parking lot and the squadron command sat in the front cockpit while the pilot, Mohamed Tariq, sat in the rear cockpit to monitor the meters.
The plane was turned on, and its meter pointer started operating normally on the ground.
Then the plane took off until it reached an altitude of 5 thousand meters, and the pilot began to make a rotation of the plane and some vertical maneuvers and aerial games and then climbed to an altitude of 11,000 meters and the plane broke the sound barrier.
Upon landing and returning to the airport and reaching an altitude of 6,000 meters, pilot Tarek heard an unusual bang followed by a few seconds when the engine was turned off.
He tried to start it a second and a third time, but the engine did not respond, and the red oil pressure light glowed to indicate that the engine had stopped completely and was damaged, and then the light of burning, that is, the engine was hit by fire inside, so the pilot in the front cabin tried to extinguish, but his efforts failed and they are at this high altitude between the sky and the ground...!
In these critical moments, between death and life, the pilot made the decisive decision to throw their chairs up and let the plane fall to the ground with a lifeless, flammable mass, which is about 1,800 meters high.
In the meantime, the pilot Tarek, who is in the air what is known as temporary fainting, which lasts for a few seconds, woke up from his fainting after and found himself in the sky suspended under his umbrella and his colleague also suspended, and he falls with him to the ground, so he thanked God for his survival and mourned his luck on this difficult task, but luck sometimes supports the brave...!
While he was approaching the ground, the pilot saw Tarek, a helicopter approaching him, and he was suspicious and afraid that the pilot of this helicopter did not see him and the possibility of hitting the fan of the plane or cutting the ropes of the parachute, and this is another fatal situation and the same as the case of those who run from the rain comes cold...!
However, it turned out that the helicopter was in the air at the moment of the failure of the fighter plane and picked up a distress call by radio and went to rescue the pilots. The area where the pilots were supposed to land is the areas adjacent to the Diyala River and was in a flood at the time, so that the water covered all the lands adjacent to the river. The helicopter immediately transferred them to Al-Rashid Military Hospital and took them to the X-rays, which showed that the pilot Tareq, broke a refractory in the seventh and twelfth vertebrae of his spine and pain in his back remained with him until today, but most importantly, God saved his soul again and gave him a new life, after playing the carving. It ’ s a bad turn again!
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The third incident occurred this time with a helicopter, not a fighter jet.
As is well known, the consequences of the crash of such aircraft almost inevitable death of the crew and their survival rate is very small because they do not contain an emergency landing parachute or other safety precautions.
Luck seems to come to those who don ’ t.
Fate withdrew him to go to the air base in his military uniform to receive his monthly salary.
After receiving his salary, he went to the site of Air Control for Peace on his fellow pilots and technicians.
As he sat next to them, he noticed a beam from the CRDF device showing the direction of the plane and the connection to the airport.
In the air at the time was a formation of four aircraft, three of which began to land and the fourth disappeared from the radar device.In the meantime, the commander of the air base entered the control room to see the situation and was briefed, and here the pilot Tariq, alerted him about the signal in the CRDF device, asked the commander of the base Do you know the area well?
He answered in the affirmative and the commander said to him: Then go to the helicopter that is ready to fly now with its pilot and take with you a medical rescue crew and go to the area to find them...!
But the pilot Tarek, did not tell his commander at that moment, that he is officially licensed and confirmed in the daily orders, and this means a military violation, whether by the commander or the pilot himself!
The pilot Tarek, in his personal car, went to the parking lot and found the plane ready to take off with its crew and minutes later the plane took off and sat the pilot Tarek, between the pilots who pilot the plane and directed them to the area that appeared on the CRDF screen, and actually they reached the area and the plane was seen crouching on the ground and there are clear traces of the plane to the ground for about 100 meters Inside, he was martyred as first lieutenant pilot Imad Abdul Wahid.
The pilot of the search plane was close to the martyr pilot, and when he was sure that he suffered a psychological shock made him absent-minded unable to act and can not continue to drive the plane, the plane fell from a height of twenty meters, and could not even the second pilot of control the plane crashed into the ground strongly and rolled four times and took off the side door and began to flow fuel from the reserve tank Tariq and his fellow pilots Get them whipped just in time before the plane burns.
A few days later a rescue plane came to take them to Al-Rasheed Military Hospital to conduct routine medical tests on them, and the pilot Tarek, had broken his finger and dangled from his place, in contrast, the X-ray results of his vertebrae sliding originally in an earlier accident, returned to normal was a strange paradox for the doctor, as was foreshadowed two days after happy news that he had a new child Hey, Sally...
He entertained and forgot the bitterness of this incident and blessed himself for a new life free from its missteps and evil.
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These fatal incidents did not dissuade Tarek, and did not demoralize him, but continued to challenge combat and operational aviation and his natural love for them with his fellow pilots in the air bases throughout the years that followed.
When the sounds of the war drums between Iraq and Iran began to be heard, and with it began the Iranian violations and provocative attacks against the cities and towns of Iraq on September 4, 1980, and with the increase of the combat readiness of the air force in all bases, reconnaissance aircraft, including the pilot Mohammed Tariq, began to roam the skies of Iraq in a reconnaissance and photographic mission massing the Iranian ground units along the eastern border of Iraq until September 22, 1980. A total war on land, air and sea between the two countries was ignited to last eight lean years in which Iraq lost thousands of its sons, including irreplaceable qualified pilots, priceless fighter planes and great material losses. Thus, the life of Mohammed Tariq, as a military pilot, graduated in its course and rose positions naturally and obtained a master ’ s degree from the Faculty of Staff in 1980 / cycle 46, and worked as a teacher at the University. Al-Bakr for Military Studies, until he retired in 1992, after a distinguished service in the Iraqi army for almost a quarter of a century, in which he tasted bitter and sweet, during which he traveled thousands of kilometers and spent hundreds of hours, flying in the sky of the homeland, and the divine care saved him from certain death many times during his service in peace and war, to rest forever on the ground among his family and children. From there he began to prepare and write his memoirs so that his heroic saga with his other colleagues would remain a beacon for the young pilots and lessons learned in life and survival, victory and victory against the enemies of the homeland.
As his predecessor, the English officer Adrian, said, the pilot Tarek will write in his memoirs: "Frankly...
I enjoyed flying...
And no soul knows what it earns tomorrow, and no soul knows which land it will die; surely Allah is All-Knowing, All-Knowing.
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The concept of cats having seven lives was also present in ancient Egyptian culture, solidifying their spiritual significance.

Bastet, often depicted with a cat's head, was a central figure in ancient Egyptian mythology and spirituality.

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History confirms that the love of mankind for cats has lasted for exactly more than four thousand years - this is one of the few animals worshiped in ancient Egypt.
And some of the goddesses, the most famous of which is Bastet, were even depicted with a cat's head.
In the Middle Ages, King Richard II of England issued a decree prohibiting the use of cats in food.
Some historians believe that this happened on March 28, 1384 - this is how the Day of Respect for Cats was born.
How can you celebrate this day with your pet?
• Spend time with her or him: caress, lie down next to him, play.
It seems obvious, but sometimes work and other things make you forget about literally everything in the world.
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Perhaps you have not visited a veterinarian for a long time, and this holiday will serve as a reminder to show care of this kind.
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Content: Museum organizes events for visitors to see pet cats
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Visitors lined up at the entrance of the Shanghai Museum with their pet cats.
The Shanghai Museum recently held the "Top of the Pyramids: Ancient Egyptian Civilization Exhibition", in which the People's Square Museum opened on Saturday (27th), the "Museum Curious Night" held on Saturdays, a series of nine shows.
At the first event, about 200 spectators and cute pet cats gathered at the venue to watch the exhibition.
Before the launch, many visitors with pet cats were waiting in line at the entrance of the Shanghai Museum, and about 200 cats were dressed up to attend, attracting many passers-by to stop and take photos.
Among them, the hairless cat held by Ms. Huo attracted the attention of many passersby.
She said that in order to prepare for the exhibition, she specially took the cat downstairs for a walk two days before the event began to help the cat adapt to the multi-person environment.
Visitors can take photos with their pets in the Cat Temple area in the exhibition hall, and can also experience items such as "Giant Cat Sculpture Photo" and "Cat Claw Interactive Message".
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Bastet, the Egyptian goddess of cats, was revered for her roles in pregnancy, childbirth, war, and family protection.

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Content: The cat becomes the goddess Baxter! 2 Meow to look: Are you also suffering?
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In Egyptian mythology, Bastet is the goddess of the head of the cat, also known as the goddess of the cat, the goddess of pregnancy and childbirth, who was once a goddess of war, and slowly transformed into the guardian of the family, symbolizing the warmth and joy of the family.
And the Japanese master uses "simple one thing", so that their two black cats into the goddess Bastet, they look at each other high and low, as if to comfort each other: "It seems that you can not escape the master's claws ah ~".
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On the 1st, the Lord posted a message saying that he put a fruit net on his cat ’ s head to make it look noble and cute, and his wife laughed and said that he was like the Egyptian goddess Bastet. Soon after he ate the marrow and made another cat change, and two black cats forced to become goddesses, one standing on a higher cupboard, with the door as the center. They look down at each other, and they look at each other with a thousand words in their eyes.
Netizens reply "My cat also has imitation haha", "round eyes are so cute", "Sorry, I did the same thing to my parents' cat" XDD "," My dog has been played by my wife before, but it looks good (laughs) ".
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Cats' ability to defend homes, ward off evil spirits, and predict the future contributed to their sacred status in ancient Egyptian culture.

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Content: As before, cats were used to ward off evil spirits: try it yourself
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Since ancient times, cats have been famous for their mystery and special abilities.
In the world of folklore and legends, they often act as protectors against evil spirits and evil forces.
In antiquity and the Middle Ages it was believed that cats have a special sacred gift that helps them protect their homes and their owners from unfavorable energies.
In Egyptian mythology, cats were considered sacred animals associated with the goddess Bastet.
They were depicted as defenders of the home, as well as patrons of the family.
In medieval Europe, cats were often associated with magic and witchcraft, leading to their persecution during the Inquisition.
However, among the peoples of Scandinavia and Great Britain, cats were often seen as a symbol of protection from evil spirits.
In Scandinavian mythology, cats were considered companions of warriors and guides of souls of the dead on Asgard.
They were also supposed to be able to see hidden worlds and predict the future.
In the English folklore tradition, the black cat was considered a symbol of good luck and protection from evil spirits.
In medieval England, it was even believed that the owners of black cats have a special charm and protection from misfortune.
In Scotland, it was believed that if a black cat visits a house, it brings good luck and well-being to the family.
Traditions and legends about the protective power of cats are preserved in the modern world.
Many people still consider their furry friends not only faithful companions, but also mystical guardians, able to scare away evil spirits and bring harmony to the house.
Author Ilya Panferov
Ilya Panferov — freelance correspondent of Pravda.Ru

Cats were seen as protectors against evil forces in ancient Egyptian spiritual beliefs.

Cats played a significant role in ancient Egyptian daily life and spirituality as mousetraps, amulets, and spirit negotiators.

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Content: Experts told where the expression “the cat cried ” came from
2022-11-12 13: 53
Language is unthinkable without phraseology.
Surely many of us have heard the expression “horse in apples ”,“ dog in the hay ”, “stupid as a goose ”.
The origin of the expression is easy to understand: cats were tamed thousands of years ago and lived next to people even more than other livestock.
The cat could also personify the gods: in Egypt, the goddess Bastet had the head of a cat, and in the Slavs, the god Veles could take the form of a cat.
Cats were always kept close to home, like mousetraps and amulets: the cat, according to legend, could negotiate with the spirits living in the places where they built a dwelling.
This is how the tradition of launching a cat first on a housewarming party was born.
From there, perhaps, and so close attention to these animals.
Of course, no one has ever seen tears in the eyes of cats.
Abundant secretion of eye fluid occurs only when the animal is sick.
At the same time, a similar phenomenon in cats is observed hardly more often than in other domestic animals, and why it was the cat who was honored to “cry ” about an acute deficiency, one can only guess.
However, there is another version, quite exotic.
It is associated with the so-called “difficulties of translation ”.
Here is a direct analogy with the "Jolly Roger", which was born as a result of the hearing of the English.
Perhaps the same was true of the Slavs.
In Arabic, there is the expression “qat nailaq, ” which literally means“ not enough money. ”
Probably, the Eastern peoples, which sharply ran out of the source of material goods, compared themselves with weeping animals.
This was as unthinkable as a sharp decline in income.
However, this version was not widely distributed.
Nevertheless, she has a right to life, especially since the crying cat and "kat nailak" have approximately the same meaning.
With the only difference that a crying cat symbolizes the lack of not only money, but also other things.
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The ancient Egyptian goddess Bast, who transforms into a black cat, was believed to protect humans and drive away evil spirits.

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Content: Cat Cold Knowledge ｜ 4 Mysterious Legends of Black Cats Are Black Cats a Symbol of Good Luck or Bad Luck?
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Are black cats really cute?
The black cat looks very mysterious, in fact, super caring and loving, like to stay close to the slave.
A black cat is a tiger cat.
Tiger spotted is a characteristic of cats, not a breed, and can be called a tiger spotted cat with stripes and markings.
Look and see ~ Black cats are not necessarily all black, and some of their hair is brown in the sun!
Black cats are a symbol of auspiciousness in Japan!
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Black cats are the most powerful.
Black cats are different everywhere.
Taiwan: Unlucky
The older generation thought that the black cat with white feet would jump over the body and the body would rise.
China: Escape from Evil Town
The house is haunted, and black cats are invited to walk around the house to help ward off evil spirits.
Ancient Egypt: The Protector of the Black Cat
The ancient Egyptian goddess "Bast" is a cat's head, and at night will be transformed into a black cat to protect the human body and drive away the evil spirit.
Italy: Death is near.
Legend has it that if a black cat is seen lying on a patient ’ s bed, it means death is near.
Although there are many mysterious legends about black cats, they are actually very cute and close to people!
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In ancient Egypt, cats were believed to have healing properties and sense human emotions, reflecting their importance in spiritual and emotional well-being.

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Content: What is useful cat in the house: facts and omens
A cat in the house is always a good thing.
In ancient times, this animal was not just a pet or a talisman of luck: in some cultures, it was a deity.
Experts told about what benefits cats bring to their owners.
They say that a cat is a great talisman for happiness, but not only its gender and color are important.
Experts of the site dailyhoro.ru note that it is very important to name the cat correctly so that it brings happiness to the house.
That is why it is better to think about it especially carefully.
Facts about the benefits of cats
Cats are great at relieving stress and helping to become happier.
Simple statistical studies have shown that people who own cats become much happier and happier with their lives.
Cats treat depression.
According to surveys, about 70% of people after communicating with cats note an improvement in mood and a decrease in depressive thoughts.
A good night's sleep.
Cats provide it to everyone who has them.
Polls show that about half of people feel much calmer when their pet sleeps next to them.
Energy of Cats
Cats drive away evil spirits.
This is best handled by black pets.
In the house where the cat lives, you are unlikely to wake up from incomprehensible knocks and rustles.
Spirits do not like pets because they see and feel them.
Cats bring good luck.
Their energy has a beneficial effect on the luck of all households.
Especially strong in this regard are tricolor cats.
The cat regulates the energy of the house so that there is more harmony in it.
Where there is a cat, it always becomes calmer and emotionally warmer.
The cat senses energetic vibrations and can understand a person ’ s mood by its biofield.
That is why cats often come to us when we cry, when we feel bad and hurt.
Signs related to cats
To see a cat in a dream is good.
Expect good luck in business and insight in the spiritual realm.
In Europe, a common omen: if a cat sneezes once, it rains, and if he sneezes more than three times, it is to the disease of someone from the household.
If the cat reaches out to the guest, this is a very good sign for him and for the owner of the house.
This means that this person is a good one, and very favorable changes in life are waiting for him soon.
If guests come at the moment when the cat is washing, you need to be careful with words and deeds.
You can inadvertently offend the guest.
If the cat sleeps, curled up a tangle, it is cold.
If he hides his face, it will rain.
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In ancient Egypt, cats symbolized well-being and fertility, and were invaluable for controlling rodents and preserving grain.

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Content: The mummy of a pet: why and why did the ancient Egyptians do this?
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The Egyptians showed special respect for their pets, their love was so great that they wanted these animals to have eternal life.
After death, pets were mummified and went through a complex burial process.
In ancient Egyptian worldview, four-legged and feathered creatures were considered sacred, divine and influencing their destinies.
They occupied an honorable place in the pantheon, and the gods were often depicted with animal heads.
Mummification was an integral part of this religious practice, emphasizing the special status of these creatures in the eyes of the Egyptians.
The Egyptians mummified various animals, believing that their gods could take different forms.
For example, the goddess Bast, the daughter of Ra, was depicted as a cat or a woman with a cat ’ s head.
This goddess symbolized well-being, joy, love and fertility.
The Egyptians especially revered cats for their ability to exterminate rodents, which was critical for preserving grain stocks, then considered valuable as gold.
Cats have also earned the nickname “sunny eye ” due to their ability to see in the dark.
This property made them important symbols in Egyptian mythology.
Archaeological studies conducted at the ancient Egyptian necropolis of Qubbet el-Hawa have uncovered the burial of crocodiles, one of which has been preserved in the form of a practically whole mummy, providing a unique look at the ancient rites and veneration of animals in this culture.
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Petr Deryabin – journalist, correspondent of Pravda.Ru news service

The mummification of cats demonstrates the high regard in which they were held in ancient Egyptian culture.

The importance of cats in ancient Egyptian culture is highlighted by numerous cat mummies, tomb paintings, and artifacts that demonstrate their significant emotional and spiritual value.

There is no information about Egyptians shaving their eyebrows when mourning a family cat.

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Content: Explaining the death of cats in a dream in detail
Published 19 July 2022 - 03: 15
Have you ever had a dream about a dead cat?
Have you ever had this painful dream?
In case you are exposed to such disturbing dreams that everyone in the field of reality and dreams, we know that you will soon start to search for the interpretation of the death of cats in the dream; in the hope that its meaning is positive, there is no need for more confusion about what this dream means, follow with us today 's topic to learn about the interpretation that suits your social situation.
Interpretation of the death of cats in dreams
The interpretation of the death of a cat in a dream comes in several different and different meanings that vary from person to person and these interpretations are as follows:
• When one sees that he kills the cat himself, it suggests the ability of this person to catch the thief who steals his house, because religious scholars believe that the cat is a sign of the house being robbed if he enters a dream.
• In the event that the dreamer sees that he slaughters the cat, this carries several other meanings, including the possession of this seer on money forbidden in his work and acceptance of him without aversion, and may indicate his keenness to reveal the secrets of others, as well as spying on them.
• The interpretation differs when seeing more than one dead cat lying on the roads, as it expresses the hostility and conflicts between people, as well as the evidence of exploitation, theft and ugliness of morals.
• If the seer eats the meat of the cat after its slaughter, it suggests the bad, deceitful and disgraceful actions of the dreamer, as he appropriates the money of others without right, and without fear of God Almighty.
• One of the explanations of seeing a dead cat in a dream as well, is the exposure of the dreamer to one of the charms carried out by one of the people, God forbid.
The interpretation of the death of cats in a dream of a son of Siren
When anyone wants to know the significance of his vision, the first resort to interpret his dream is the interpretation of Ibn Sirin; because it is usually the most correct interpretation, as well as the fact that Ibn Sirin is a height rich in definition in his field, and the explanations he put forward regarding the interpretation of the dream of the death of a cat in a dream are as follows:
• Ibn Sirin stated that seeing the death of cats in a dream carries a good omen favored by dreamers, because the cat carries some negative signals in a dream.
• If this vision is not a sign of optimism only carries a message to learn and learn from mistakes, as well as trying to save oneself from obscenities and sedition.
• As for the vision of many dead cats, it is a sign of the owner of the vision of a deceptive and cunning personality not loved by others around him, as it causes their resentment, which makes them reluctant to deal with him.
• If the seer is a woman, it is evidence of her falling into many problems and crises related to the wrong behaviors that she follows, which will pay a high price if she does not stop.
Interpretation of the death of cats in a dream for singles
Many scholars and commentators believe that interpreting the dream of cats in a dream for singles is not pleasant and desirable, as for her death, especially small cats, is another matter, as it expresses the existence of many happy opportunities for her but she can not deal with them properly, which may expose her to the loss of those opportunities and the rest of the interpretation are as follows:
• If a single girl sees in her dream the death of a large cat, it may be a sign that she is about to rid herself of the evil of someone she has been exposed to for a long time.
• If this girl is engaged, but suffers from serious problems with her fiancé, and saw in her dream the death of a cat, then this is a sign that she will survive the evil that follows her, which is separation and separation, and God is higher and more aware.
• From the interpretation of some specialists in interpretation, it is likely that the single girl ’ s vision of this dream may indicate her repentance from the mistakes she committed in the past, which is followed by her feeling comfortable and calm by the order of God.
• If a girl sees in her dream that someone is torturing a cat harshly without mercy until he kills her, it suggests that this girl may be subjected to a major crisis and severe injustice in her life.
Interpretation of the death of cats in the dream of married
After completing the interpretation of the dream of the death of a cat in a dream for singles, now is the time to list the connotations associated with a married woman:
• Some commentators believe that seeing a dead cat in the dream of a married woman may carry many connotations, the first of which is to indicate that there are many problems and conflicts in her life, and not necessarily those problems are marital.
• Another explanation may be her peace of mind about a problem she was experiencing and feared.
• If this dreamer sees that she is slaughtering the cat herself, this is evidence that she is practicing many of the actions forbidden by God, so she must be careful and stop what she is doing.
On the contrary, the interpretation is the survival of this woman from the danger and evil that someone is planning for her, if the cat dies on its own without interference.
• If a married woman slaughters the cat herself, and then cooks it, it is a sign of the ugliness of the behavior of this woman and the ugliness of her reputation.
• One of the visions that a married woman dreams of, is to torture the cat until it dies, and this dream indicates the injustice and cruelty of this character, and a sign of the many corruption practiced by him.
• If the dead cat seen by the married woman in a dream is black, it is a euphemism for the peace of mind she enjoys, and it is worth mentioning here that the death of black cats may reflect the distancing of this lady from bad companions.
• When many cats appear in a dream to be married, it is a sign of the frequent corruption, injustice and hypocrisy prevalent in the environment in which they are found.
• When a married woman in her dream sees the death of white cats, it is a message to the dreamer and a warning; because she is hasty in making her decisions.
• If a married woman sees the body of a cat in her dream, it may indicate that she is late in childbearing for a rather long time, and may also indicate the many economic problems and debts that this woman complains about.
• If this married woman is a worker in one of the professions, the interpretation of her vision of the death of cats in a dream may suggest a lot of problems related to her work, which may worsen leading to her leaving this work, which results in a severe economic situation.
Interpretation of the death of cats in a dream for pregnant
• The significance of seeing pregnant cats die in a dream is that they are exposed to many health problems during their pregnancy, which requires them to pay attention to visit their doctor periodically; because ignoring the ailments they are exposed to may lose their fetus, so do not be complacent.
• Some jurists believe that seeing a pregnant woman of cats dying denotes her pregnancy with a male child will later be characterized by several non-benign qualities such as hatred, hypocrisy and lying to others, as well as being a pariah and hated person among his relatives and friends, but seeing a cat only without death in a dream indicates the good condition of the child and carrying good qualities.
• If a pregnant woman sees that there are a lot of dead cats in the house and on the bed, this is evidence of a severe and complex crisis between her and her husband, which could have ended in divorce without God ’ s protection and kindness.
• One of the meanings carried by the death of cats in a dream for pregnant women, is their feeling of happiness, as a result of the departure of many problems from them, and also indicates the ease of their birth and facilitation.
• If the pregnant woman feels that she is infected with envy, which shows its impact in all aspects of her life, and then sees the death of the cat in her dream, this is a sign of the disappearance of that envy by the order of God Almighty.
Interpretation of the death of cats in a dream
• When a man sees in his dream more than a dead cat, it indicates a lot of bad deeds that he does, which will suffer as a result of many problems and losses, which will end in the destruction of his life completely if he does not stop.
• If the dreamer sees a large number of dead cats in his house, it is a sign that he can catch the thief in his house, and it indicates that he can recover all the stolen items.
• If the dreamer sees the death of the cat slaughtered, it suggests that he has taken bribes.
• If the dreamer sees himself killing the cat in his dream, it is a sign of the arrest of an infiltrator who is embezzling all the information and papers related to his work.
Explaining the death of cats in a dream
• If a divorced woman sees the death of cats in her dream, it is a metaphor for her illness with many health ailments; as a result of the harm she suffered in the previous marriage experience, which affected her deeply, as it caused a deterioration of her health and psychological state.
• If you see the divorced woman in her dream that she is crying and sobbing next to a large number of dead cats, it indicates that she has gone through a lot of painful and sad times; as a result of repeated and wrong falls that resulted in her ex-husband, so she must review herself deeply; in order to be able to fix her behaviors as much as possible.
Explaining the death of a black cat in a dream
It is frightening to dream of black cats in particular, because they do not often refer to the good, but what about seeing their death, this is what we will talk about in the following few lines.
When a black cat dies in a dream, there is no need to worry, as it carries a positive connotation for its owner, namely a planned failure or a premeditated plot of the owner of the vision coordinated by haters who wish to harm you.
Some commentators say that watching a black cat die may be a sign of something bad about to happen in his future that will have a severe impact on his psyche, as it makes him constantly feel sad, leading to the loss of many friends around him.
• Seeing the death of black cats in a dream also indicates facing many problems and pressures in his field, which results in the loss of passion to continue his job.
The Death of White Cats in a Dream
• When a woman sees the death of a white cat in her dream, it suggests how reckless she is in many valuable things in her life, which leads to her loss, and the result is the intensity of her regret for the past.
• Some jurists say that the death of a white cat in a dream may be good dreams with a positive connotation, because they carry a signal of many happy news, that will make this seer happy in his coming days.
• In the event of a single young man seeing the death of a white cat in a dream, it is a sign of his marriage to a good girl of creation and a high degree of beauty, but if he sees that he is killing the white cat, it is indicative of the problems and sorrows that will haunt him in his life.
• If a girl sees in her dream the death of a white cat, the meaning here is that she will get rid of a deceitful and cunning person who wants to inflict scandals on her, so she should thank God Almighty for this.
The Death of Small Cats in a Dream
Religious scholars say that the interpretations of the death of beautiful cats and especially quiet may be an unkind omen or a bad omen for the owner of the vision, on the other hand we find that the death of a fierce cat that attacks you in a dream may carry acceptable and promising explanations for its owner, as for the explanations of the death of small cats, they are as follows:
• If one sees the death of a kitten in his dream, it is a sign of the loss of an excellent opportunity that can not be redeemed again or found; as a result of dealing with it wrongly.
Seeing the death of a kitten may also suggest that the seer is wasteful in spending his money on unnecessary things.
Dream of the death of cats at home
This time we will list the explanations that relate to the presence of a large number of cat carcasses in the house are as follows:
• If a man sees in his dream that more than one cat has died in his house, it is a sign that he has been betrayed and betrayed by the closest people to him, is something that was not expected at all, so the seer should be patient, as well as not trusting anyone blindly.
If a woman sees in the dream that her house contains many dead cats, it is a sign that her property and money are being seized, which causes her anxiety and fear, but this dream also carries the complexion that God will compensate her well for what she lost.
Dream of saving a cat from death
After diving into all the connotations that can indicate the interpretation of the death of cats in a dream, let us now quickly look at the interpretation of the dream of saving a cat from death as described in the following lines:
• If the opinion sees in his dream that there is a cat exposed to death while trying to save it, it symbolizes that he has many beautiful qualities, such as courage, courage and helping others when they need it, as well as having a living conscience, which is rare in our time.
• If the girl sees in her dream that she is saving a cat from death, the significance here is that she is going through a state of severe psychological pressure, as a result of the oppression and injustice she faces, and orders that she must do without objection or rejection, because this will expose her to serious consequences.
In conclusion, after learning about the interpretation of the death of cats in the dream, do not let your life stand under the interpretation of your dream, just follow the dictates of your mind and doctrine without touching others badly, and you do not need to be confused and worried; because the interpretations of seeing the death of cats range from being negative or positive connotations, and finally we would like to note that the unseen knows only God.
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Australian report: How ancient Egyptians treated their dead reveals how much they loved life
An Australian report praised the archaeological discovery of Saqqara to find a mummy wrapped in gold foil, stressing that: The way the ancient Egyptians dealt with their dead reveals how much they love life and the sincere hope of continued existence after death.
In January 2023, a group of archaeologists excavating tombs at the ancient Saqqara cemetery, near Cairo, discovered the mummified remains of a man called Hakaships, who lived around 2300 BC, and found inside a limestone coffin in the burial shaft, the body and casings unusually well preserved for the period.
In the 5th century BC, the Greek historian Herodotus of Halicarnassus described the elaborate way in which the Egyptians kept their dead: the brain was removed through the nostrils with a hook, while the internal organs were removed through a wound in the abdomen.
The wound is then sutured and the body is rinsed with wine and spices, the body is left to dry in a solution of natron (a substance harvested from dry lake bottoms and used to absorb moisture) for up to 70 days, after which time it is carefully wrapped with linen bandages and finally placed inside a coffin.
By the time Herodotus wrote this, the Egyptians had been practicing mummification for more than two thousand years, gradually perfecting the technique through experimentation.
The pre-dynastic mummies of the 4th millennium BC were so well preserved by dry desert sands — without human intervention — that their tattoos are still visible.
Why did the ancient Egyptians mummify their dead?
The Egyptians long noticed that bodies buried in graves without direct contact with dry sand tended to decompose and sought to prevent it for religious reasons, and without a physical body to which it could return, they believed that the essence of the soul could not participate in the offerings of food brought to the cemetery and were instead left to wander into the world of the living as a harmful spirit.
Mummification techniques were developed in order to preserve the body in order, as the first methods, which appeared no later than the time of the unification of the state around 3100 BC, included wrapping the body with linen dressings moistened with resin.
However, when the intestines are left in place, the body eventually decomposes.

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Content: What is the secret of the ancient Egyptians' fascination with the "false doors"?
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The plastic artist Huda Abdel Aziz, professor of ancient Egyptian civilization and arts, revealed the secret of the passion of the ancient Egyptians by creating the "phantom doors" in the pharaonic tombs.
She said during the presentation of the program "Our Ancient Language", broadcast on the screen of the channel "First" of Egyptian television, that the purpose of the ancient Egyptian of constructing and sculpting the imaginary doors inside the cemetery was to take it as a means to be the gateway between the other world and the worldly life, as well as using it as an excuse to communicate with the world of the living.
She explained that the ancient Egyptian was preparing the imaginary door as a compass to determine the direction of the west where the exit of the soul to the day, in light of his beliefs inspired by the sanctification of the sun and the comparison of the journey of his life in the world with the journey of the sun, believing that the symbolism of the sunset indicates the day of death and sunshine at the moment of birth.
She pointed to his keenness to engrave his picture in the middle of the imaginary door sitting on a bench of wood topped by the table granting alms, to a set of Pharaonic texts including the numbers of provisions and offerings of birds, bulls, bread, barley and linen, pointing to the doors take the shape of the palace where he was led by the cornisheh followed by the horizontal shape and then vertical with a panel showing the picture of the owner of the cemetery.
She pointed out that the Egyptians used the doors to carve phrases referring to the prayer for the owner of the cemetery along the lines of « Let him go to the beautiful gardens wide », explaining that it is similar to what the contemporary Egyptian uses of prayer: « Let him dwell in the space of his paradise », noting that the repetition of symbols 3 times indicates the combination and twice to indicate the Muthanna.
She pointed to the keenness of the ancient Egyptians to inaugurate and acquire tombs as a tool to commemorate their memory on the walls of their doors and achieve their beliefs, stressing that the ancient Egyptian civilization was able to lead humanity to the light by producing unique architectural creations associated with the doctrine and culture of the ancient Egyptian.
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Content: Why is the cat allowed to enter the house first?
It is believed that launching an animal into a new home is a good omen, but it is not only this.
The tradition of the first newcomer to make a cat came from Ancient Russia.
People at that time were superstitious, believed in mystical things, such as evil spirits and house spirits.
At that time, without mortgages and new buildings, it was almost impossible to find a completely new housing, and the “secondary house ” was considered endowed with its energy.
Therefore, all possible means were used to protect the residents.
Why choose a cat for the first step in the house, figured out aif.ru.
• 1.
The cat brought into the new house house.
It was believed that each house has a guardian, and when moving, he went on a journey with his masters.
The means of transportation was the cat - with him in the new housing included good spirits, happiness, luck and well-being.
• 2.
The cat protected the owners from evil spirits and misfortunes.
In an empty house, evil spirits could settle, who directed their dark forces at those who would enter the house first.
In order not to risk taking fire on themselves, people sent a pet.
They believed that the animal could cope with the dark forces and pacify them.
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The cat acted as a "victim" of spirits.
There was a belief that the first person to enter the house was the first to leave, that is, die.
Because of this, either the oldest member of the family or the cat took the first step into the house.
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The cat identified “good ” places.
Using a mystical smell of the animal, the owners determined in the house places with a good aura.
It was believed that the beds of the owners and children, the dining table should be placed where the cat lay down or stayed for a long time.
Places that the cat bypasses, it was customary to avoid.
• 5.
The cat is a symbol of homeliness and well-being.
In different cultures, the cat is credited with positive qualities, for example, that it attracts good luck to the house, personifies home comfort.
This in the modern world is primarily guided by those who move.

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Content: Archaeologists find the body of a child with 142 dogs

The body of a child and 142 dogs, dated from 1st century BCE to the 1st century AD, has been found in Egypt.

A mummy is seen inside the newly discovered burial site in Minya, Egypt May 13, 2017
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Archaeologists from the Center for Egyptological Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences have discovered the body of an eight-year-old child and 142 dogs buried together in Egypt.

The discovery, made near Cairo, was dated to between the 1st century BCE to the 1st century CE. During this time, the Romans assumed control over Egypt.

Dogs in ancient Egypt

The dogs, 87% of which were puppies, are thought to have died as a result of flooding. The Archaeologists were able to assess that they died simultaneously, with no violence involved. They also found blue clay on the dogs, which was found in reservoirs during that period, supporting the theory that the dogs had drowned.

Despite ancient Egyptians worshipping numerous animals, dogs were not generally believed to be sacred. They were used as pets and for labor. However, some dogs were mummified and buried with their owners. The ancient Egyptians believed that the dog-headed gods Anubis and Upuat were with the souls of the dead in the afterlife. Some dogs were sacrificed to play the role of an amulet in a burial.

The only case to which similarities can be drawn, is the discovery of a child's body with 12 dogs in a cemetery in Hierakonpolis.

Egyptian mummy. (credit: CREATIVE COMMONS)

It is unknown why the boy was buried there. The current theory is that the boy died while caring for the dogs and was buried with them.

Children in ancient Egypt

It is unlikely that the boy and his dogs were executed. According to Egypt Today, children in ancient Egypt were treated well with access to education and were forbidden to learn a trade.

Adding to the mystery, the boy was found with a linen bag over his head. The only other time a body was found with a linen bag covering the head, the person had been executed by an arrow.

The average life span in ancient Egypt, according to the American Society of Research Overseas, is 22.5-25 years for men and 35-37 years for women.

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People who like to rob cats and pet cats laugh at themselves as "cat slaves."
Cats are ancient.
Today, the cat is more casual, the ancients have a sense of ceremony, want to bring a cat home, have to prepare a "bride price", choose a auspicious day.
From cat to slave.
Chinese cats have been domesticated for thousands of years.
In the beginning, the reason why the Holuo ancestors raised cats was simple: cats would catch mice and help humans expel rats and protect food.
In the Book of Songs of the Zhou Dynasty, there is a "rat", which refers to the plague of rats in ancient times, and people expect that "rats and mice will not eat my millet".
Rats naturally do not listen to advice, and it is only effective to have a cat to deal with them.
The cat even once ascended the altar because of its skillful mousetrap.
There is a custom of sacrificing cats in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.
Luoyang is the eastern Zhou Wang City, the status of the cat can be imagined.
There are domesticated domestic cats in the Han Dynasty.
A famous official of the Western Han Dynasty, Dongfang Shuo, said in a letter to General Huo Qiao, "Qiqi, Green Ear, Ganghong, Huanliu, and all the good horses in the world will hunt rats in the deep palace, which was not as good as a lame cat."
From this, it is inferred that there are cats in the royal palaces of Changan in the capital of the Western Han Dynasty and Luoyang in the capital of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
During the Tang and Song Dynasties, cat raising gradually became a trend, and cats were popular from the court to the people.
In places such as Luoyang, the eastern capital of the Tang Dynasty, and Bianliang, Tokyo, in the Northern Song Dynasty, the popularity of cats is self-evident.
According to the Song book "Tokyo Dream Hualu", there are shops selling cat food in Bianliang Market in Holuo District. The Song Dynasty people affectionately called the cat "Utrinu" and regarded the cat as a family member.
Bring salt as a dowry.
Since the cat is regarded as a family member, the cat is naturally not abrupt.
The process of bringing cats into the house in the Song Dynasty was full of ceremony and very exquisite.
Whether it is to buy a cat or to adopt a kitten at the home of relatives and friends, you must first turn over the imperial calendar, such as the "Xiang Ji Bei Tong Book", select a "Na Cat" auspicious day, and then prepare a dowry, come to the door to ask the cat.
The bride price is either a bag of sugar, two bags of tea, or a bag of salt, a string of fish, or sesame, jujube, etc. The key is to express your feelings. Even if you adopt a stray kitten, you should bring a bunch of small fish to your mother.
In the Northern Song Dynasty, Huang Tingjian was disturbed by rats and slept rough all night. He heard that other people ’ s cats had a litter of kittens, and he quickly “bought fish to wear willow cicadas ” and took the small fish to ask the cat.
The Song Dynasty poet Lu Yu was shy in his pocket, could not afford to buy fish, and asked the cat to go home to guard the books with salt, "wrapped in salt to welcome the small villain, protect the mountain house thousands of books", "cold felt to eat no fish", quite ashamed of the cat.
Let the cat say goodbye to the cook.
"Cat Court" and other ancient books said, please the cat also have to sign the "cat deed", and the cat agreed to mutual help and love, shovel the shit officer must be kind to the cat, the cat has to catch the mouse, and ask God to protect the cat from loss.
When you go to pick up the cat, you should put the cat in a cloth bag or cover the cat's head with a cloth, and put it in a bucket (or bucket).
When you encounter a ravine on the road, you have to fill it with stones.
In order to allow the cat to live in harmony with other family members, the cat must first "visit the dock" - let the cat pay homage to the "head of the family" and the family dog, and then put the chopsticks brought back into the mound, it is said that the cat will not pull at home.
According to modern cat slaves, the ancient people's "cat law" is scientific: they may have long found that the cat has territorial consciousness, so a chopstick with the smell of the cat mother (the original owner's house) inserted into the mound, made of the original "cat litter basin".
Cats are curious, jumping up and down everywhere to play, in order to prevent the little cat from getting lost, the ancients also summarized a set of "anti-lost cat big law".
For example, "the first kitten to return, with a pig liver one or two pieces, with the cat out of the door, with a fine bamboo branch whip, put home and then with the liver two pieces."
It is to let the kitten long memory, honest at home there is pig liver to eat, go out to be beaten, so many training several times, the cat will not dare to run around.
There is another way more interesting: "The cat who lost the stove god, but with rope around the stove chessboard, for a few days the cat (back)." Cats like to sleep next to the warm stove, so pray that the god of the stove will show his power to attract the cat back.
There is also a kind of "scissors big method" that has been handed down to the present day: put a bowl of water on the stove, put a pair of scissors flat on the bowl, the scissors open to point to the door or window, and then call the cat's name, and the cat will go home.
These are the unknowns, and they are not easy to say.
Modern people more believe in the power of information dissemination, lost the cat, send a circle of friends, is certainly better than asking for the kitchen king. (Luo newspaper, Luoyang network reporter Zhang Lina)
[Editor: Ma Jiajia]
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According to legend, a cat is a very spiritual animal, and when it passes by a corpse, the dead person can feel its call and borrow a life from the cat.
Text: Su (Posted in Spiritual Commune)
This happened more than 20 years ago, when my grandfather was ill for several years and died in my second year of high school, and every night before the funeral, a group of two relatives would be arranged.
First of all, my family is on the first floor of the storefront, at that time it was very cold in the winter, my family happened to be in the middle of the two vegetable markets so it is normal to have stray cats and dogs. Wild cats sneak into the house from the outside.
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She said that when the cat ran into the house, she suddenly jumped from the top of Grandpa ’ s coffin (at that time, the coffin had already sealed the coffin), and then she found that it was too late to run the cat. After the cat jumped over the coffin, she heard my Grandpa ’ s knocking on the coffin. There was no sound for a while.
My sister was still studying in the fifth grade that year, she said that because she was too afraid to be frightened at the time, so this incident has been afraid to say, until after 20 years of chatting she was willing to say this, in fact, I was very angry at the moment she said how this happened, but also why she did not go to wake up the adults?
Because I still think very naive, wondering what if Grandpa is really resurrected? Until today, I still have a big question in my heart, wondering what happened to Grandpa ’ s sound when the cat jumped over?
Why does a cat jump from a living person in the past cause a carcass?
According to later verification, this phenomenon is caused by static electricity generated by the cat's hair, and when the body temperature of the human body is not completely cooled, if the cat jumps over, it will generate static electricity to sit up or stand up.
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[Ming Pao News] Recently, when I saw a few more incense stoves filled with tributes or the ashes of burning street clothes on the roadside, or the stadium with incessant applause on weekdays, I saw that it was worth the ghost month.
In the Department of History of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, there is a Taiwanese professor who loves to study ancient Chinese ghosts, Ming Pu Muzhou, asked him to study so many ghosts, "Ha ha no ah! Even if he is afraid, it is not because of ghosts."
Ghosts are elements of art.
Everyone is no stranger to ghosts. Since ancient times, people have been used to ghosts in various works.
It is undeniable that ghosts have always been an element of artistic creation.
After the Taiwanese film "About Me and the Ghost Becoming Family" was released in Hong Kong, the comrade "Mao Mao", played by Lin Po-hong, died unexpectedly as a ghost, and the police officer "Wu Ming-han", played by Xu Guanghan, was forced to stay with Mao through the accidental collision of the underworld marriage to investigate the truth of his death.
This is a "one person and one ghost" film, but also a "supplement to the world of the living" film and television works into ghosts are like the modern version of ancient novels, this is a very interesting phenomenon, in the real world of some things that humans can not do, ghosts can help solve the case, has been the common imagination of mankind, but also a cultural accumulation, from ancient to the present day, ghosts such things we can not destroy.. "
But from a practical point of view, whether it involves underworld marriage or ghosts, it is inevitable that it will be said to be superstitious.
Faith is an individual subjective psychological activity, which can be explained from one thing that believes, and it is all faith.
You use subjectivity to judge whether other people ’ s subjectivity is superstition, this concept is not necessarily correct, in fact, there is no sense. ” Pu Muzhou, who is a history department, laughed: “As a scholar, I do not discuss whether ghosts exist, but from a serious point of view to talk about ghosts, as a cultural phenomenon, to understand how ancient Chinese ghosts changed with time and what cultural reaction to society. ”
On the seventh day of the lunar calendar, the ghosts who died and wandered.
Oriental people are no strangers to ghosts, and almost all countries affected by the Chinese character culture regard Yulan (or Zhongyuan) as an important holiday.
In Hong Kong and Taiwan, Yue Lan Festival is an annual festival. "On the 15th of July of the Chinese calendar, we cross over for the homeless ghosts, that is, the dead and wandering ghosts, and unlike every family worshipping their ancestors, the homeless ghosts belong to the whole region."
When it comes to the ghost culture of his hometown, this professor is even more eloquent.
Just like Hong Kong, Taiwan will also be in various communities to set up a theater and sing a magic show (that is, a magic show).
Building a house also needs to be done around the lunar month of July, "because a lot of ghosts are swimming outside."
In addition to the similar methods of holding ghost festivals, the two places attach equal importance to ghosts. When a relative dies in a traffic accident, it is often necessary to hold a "road festival". "This is a kind of spiritualism, and Taiwan will also use a spirit banner to guide the soul to the home of the deceased to hold a funeral."
In addition, Taiwan ’ s politicians also consciously take advantage of the people ’ s belief in ghosts and worship the graves of fallen soldiers near elections, “ostensibly creating a posture of equality with the people, but in fact in order to get votes, ” he said.
On the contrary, the practice of abolishing superstition and promoting democratic science in large cities in mainland China has gradually made the festival go away.
“At the time of the May Fourth Movement in the Mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan were being controlled by foreigners, so these traditional cultures were preserved.
But as society tends to develop rationally, will ghost culture be strangled? Pumuju explained: "It is difficult to really break the roots of this thing.
If there is always a group of people who are interested in ghost culture, it is still possible to continue to develop with the help of social forces, just as in remote rural areas in the Mainland, no matter how large the scope of the May Fourth Movement at that time, some traditions have been preserved. "
Ancient Egyptians are quiet.
Ghosts and Religious Life in Early China was published last year in Pomuzhou, and the mainland publishing house translated it into Chinese in May this year.
Many people like to get stimulated from ghost movies and ghost stories, but if readers expect to get sensory stimulation from the book, I am afraid they will be disappointed, because the purpose of this book is to trace the thinking of the ancients about ghosts, not to scare people.
Talking about his book, the author said very casually: "I would like to use this book as a historical material, hoping to help readers interested in Chinese ghosts think about it, and then develop some new ideas."
For me, it is more meaningful to help me understand ancient Chinese belief culture and satisfy my curiosity about Chinese ghosts. ”
Ancient Chinese ghosts come to the world.
He graduated from the Department of History of National Taiwan University, majoring in Chinese history, and received his doctorate in Egypt from Johns Hopkins University in the United States.
To a certain extent, the two civilizations are full of ghosts imagination, but Pumu state a blood point of difference: "Ancient Egypt's ghosts are very quiet, do not run to the human, is in a complete system, there are no ghost stories; but the ghosts of ancient China are different, it will run out, so there are many ghost stories." 」
“The ancient Egyptians believed in polytheism and the country was very religious.
Unlike ancient China, ancient Egypt had a common view of life and death.
"The ancient Egyptians believed that after death there would be a trial to see if he had sinned in life, and Anubis, the god of the cemetery with a dog's head, placed the heart of the dead on the scales, and placed a feather symbolizing truth on the other end, only the two ends of the balance can go to the eternal world, otherwise the heart will be eaten by a monster waiting on the side." “The ancient Egyptians had a stubborn ideal, they wanted everyone to be free from mistakes while they were alive, but in reality no one could be completely free from mistakes, ” says Pumu.
But there is no such rigid standard of judgment in ancient China, and people do not need to be judged by a "dog-headed god" when they die. The ghost is not next to the scale of that day, nor is it always present in the spiritual world, and it can even live on earth and interact with people.
"For the ancients in China, ghosts were not religious, they shuttled between the living and the dead, and the imagination of existence after death was very close to the model of the living."
Ghost culture has a long history in ancient China, and behind it is the free discussion of death.
As Pu Muzhou said, the ancients did not have a unified theory of death, and even the interpretations of various schools were different. For example, Zhuangzi's view of the universe, which believes that people are formed by condensation of air and will disperse into the universe after death, so there is no concept of ghosts, and there is no post-death world.
But ghosts are invisible and silent, so why are they so obsessed with discussing them?
"After the development of human civilization, there may not be a society that has no concept of ghosts or souls, and everyone may think that there will be another form of existence after death." 」
People are more complicated than ghosts.
“Without ghosts, the world would not be complete. ” In some examples in The Left, the word ghost is synonymous with God, meaning that the terrifying ghosts that people understand as crawling out of the darkness of the earth can also be gods that have descended from heaven, and people and ghosts have created this world together.
Although no one can prove the existence of ghosts, but "the ancients' imagination of ghosts was almost fixed in a few forms", dressed or naked, hair, human appearance... how much people think of Sadako, no matter how many years later, the shape of ghosts has not changed much.
Catastrophic events are hard to explain.
Pumu states, “The best way to understand ghost culture is to understand how humans imagine ghosts. ”
In ancient China, all generations were written about ghosts.
Pumu said that the relationship between people and ghosts is usually either hostile or reconcilable, and sometimes catastrophic events occur and no suitable explanation can be found, and ghosts also have to be blamed.
For ghosts, modern people avoid fear, full of awe, and haunted places are even further away. Pu Muzhou complained for ghosts: "Although it is the powerful ghosts that cause the greatest anxiety in the world, after the (powerful) situation is corrected, it will no longer disturb the living." The elder brother was bullied in the school and jumped from the building to commit suicide, then incarnated as a powerful ghost, until he saw the parents' crimes were revealed and his sister finally rescued before he left.
From time to time, the ancients' knowledge of ghosts gradually improved.
As early as the pre-Qin period, the narration of ghosts was mostly negative, "but the changes in the image of ghosts and social changes were closely linked."
From the late Han Dynasty to the Northern and Southern Dynasties, because of the continuous division of the world, reflected in the literature produced a large number of ghosts.
During the Six Dynasties, Zhiqi literature was exploded with the invention of paper making in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the image of ghosts was more diverse and full of human nature, with well-meaning, fragile ghosts, and even silly ghosts, "but their intentions and emotions were never complicated by human beings."
He believes: "The ghost world is in a sense more ideal than the human world, and ghosts are simpler than human beings, if people can live like ghosts without scruples."
We often say that "ghosts", "ghosts only believe", in fact, is to say that ghosts are very stupid and simple, often fooled. "Song Ding Bo Ghostbusters" in the Wei Jin period said that Song Ding Bo deceived ghosts that he was also a ghost, this ghost is very kind, it is recommended that if you walk tired can carry each other, and tell Song Ding Bo does not like human spit. A sheep spat on it and sold it for money.
In addition to the simplicity of the mind, ghosts "are also relatively rectal, and do not play tricks and talk like humans."
The Late Warring States Period documents unearthed at Qin Tomb in Tianshui, Gansu Province, describe ghosts as disliking clothing, disgust at unclean offerings, and food soaked in broth. The same thing as contemporary sacrificial notes is that ghosts do not like people who pretend to be worshippers, and hope that the cemetery can be carefully cleaned.
Is it possible to spread religion without the help of ghosts?
Buddhism is regarded as one of the five major religions in today ’ s China, but in the late years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Buddhism was resisted after it was first introduced to China, “because it completely changed the way of thinking and went against the family ethics of ancestral worship. ” The subsequent“ rectification plan ”, according to Pu Muzhou, was to use ghost stories to influence the public.
Liang Huijiao ’ s “The Tales of the High Monk ” also portrays Buddhist monks as experts in exorcism, helping people solve problems through practices. ”
The Buddhist definition of ghosts also basically follows the tradition of ancient writings: ghosts are equal to ghosts and spirits, which are used to refer to the spiritual realm.
"For the ancients, the purpose of religious belief was to solve the problem of ghosts encountered in life.
Buddhism uses ghost stories as a promotional tool to prove their ability to exorcise ghosts, and Christianity has adopted a similar pattern in the spread of the West.
"Christianity promotes monotheism, that is, there is only one god in the world, so the original Christian doctrine does not have the concept of ghosts or purgatory, but in order to be promoted in the people, it needs to be integrated into the people's faith like Buddhism." 」
What do you think about human beliefs about ghosts? Pumuk believes that people ’ s beliefs, like emotions, are changed at any time and do not always remain in a state.
For example, "a person's belief in ghosts may be only 20%, and he thinks that he can do it on his own, but when he is in trouble, he begins to seek the help of ghosts, and the belief level may reach 80% to 90%."
But the first situation is not absolute, "the richer the person is often more afraid of losing what he has, and those who want to live longer will inevitably need to worship ghosts, so their level of faith may rise from very low to very high."
by Chang Hsueh-tung
{Art} Chang Yu-chi
{edit} Wang Cuili
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