The body of the dead cat would be taken to the city of Bubastis, home of the goddess Bastet, where it would be mummified and buried in a cat cemetery. |
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Having just died, Andy's not pleased to find himself in the ancient Egyptian afterlife, where the goddess Bastet wants a word with him. |
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For example, the cat was associated with a catheaded goddess called Bastet. |
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It was found during the excavations of the German-Egyptian archaeological mission near the Bastet temple at Tell Basta. |
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The singer's name, Nehmes Bastet, means she was believed to be protected by the feline deity Bastet. |
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In our bathroom we have a little statuette of an Egyptian cat, and as he exactly has the same body we exclaimed together: Sammy looks like Bastet. |
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