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Ancient Egyptian Word FOR CAT

Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 11:59 am
by gunny
"MEOW"

Re: Ancient Egyptian Word FOR CAT

Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 4:33 pm
by Minimalist
This what you meant Gunny?

http://apnews.excite.com/article/201001 ... 337G0.html
Archaeologists have unearthed a 2,000-year-old temple that may have been dedicated to the ancient Egyptian cat goddess, Bastet, the Supreme Council of Antiquities said Tuesday. The ruins of the Ptolemaic-era temple were discovered by Egyptian archaeologists in the heart of the Mediterranean port city of Alexandria, founded by Alexander the Great in the 4th century B.C.


Let us not forget.
"Thousands of years ago, cats were worshipped as gods. Cats have never forgotten this."

Re: Ancient Egyptian Word FOR CAT

Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 6:05 pm
by Rokcet Scientist
Minimalist wrote:
"Thousands of years ago, cats were worshipped as gods. Cats have never forgotten this."
They are gods, aren't they? Cats train their owners, not the other way around. Cats own us.

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Re: Ancient Egyptian Word FOR CAT

Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2010 4:50 am
by gunny
Their vocabulary has not needed to expand very much.