sacred or as beloved pets of the household—but not always. Humans have always had a sense of humor, even in ancient times. There survives ...
Ancient Egyptian humor
Ritualized mating
queen (who is in heat, naturally) is delivered in a carrier to a special queen pen in the stud house. This separates her, via wire or bars,...
Cat-head and lion-head
goddess . Bast was sometimes called the Lady of the East (meaning the east side of the Nile River), while Sekhmet was the Lady of the West. ...
The old cat-woman dog-man cliché
The world has changed a lot, but one old cliché still lingers: women like cats, men like dogs. We all know exceptions to these stereotypes, ...
Cat mummies
Egyptians believed that the afterlife was essentially like earthly life, they mummified mice to place in the tombs as food for the cat mumm...
No fang, no mate
During mating, the tomcat always sinks his canine teeth—the fangs—into the neck skin of the female. This isn’t optional, and if for some rea...
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