Tuesday, August 09, 2011

Cats were Treated as Gods



The cat-human relationship from ancient times,In an Research they  found a cat sleeping on his robe, so he cut a hole in his robe rather than disturb the sleeping cat. Evidence of coexistence between cats and humans dates back to 6000 BCE from the island of Cypress, they found bones of cats, humans, and mice buried together.
Fully domesticated cats in Egypt as companions to humans probably originated around 2000 BCE Theywere usually captured from the wild as kittens to be domesticated.

The Egyptians referred to cat as Miu or Mau. Mau means "to see" in Egyptian

Whoever kills a cat in Egypt is condemned to death, whether he committed this crime deliberately or not. The people gather and kill him. An unfortunate Roman, who accidentally killed a cat, could not be saved, either by King Ptolemy(Roman citizen) of Egypt or by the fear which Rome inspired(Roman Empire).

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