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Cats with Earrings
I went to the museum the other day, and saw a reproduction of Bast, sitting
there with an earrings in her ears. I'm wondering, did the ancient Egyptians put earrings in their cats' ears? (No, I have no plans on starting a new trend.) Thanks, - Ruby Tuesday |
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I do not think they did. Bast or Bastet was the god/goddess of cats and were
only depicted as being seen with earrings. Cats were possibly adorned with other garb. Besides piercing a cat's ears would cause the cat pain and the ancient Egyptians viewed that harming a cat was a crime and they were punished if they did so. -- Cat Galaxy: All Cats! All The Time! www.catgalaxymedia.com Panther TEK: Staying On Top Of Your Computer Needs! www.panthertekit.com "Ruby Tuesday" wrote in message ... I went to the museum the other day, and saw a reproduction of Bast, sitting there with an earrings in her ears. I'm wondering, did the ancient Egyptians put earrings in their cats' ears? (No, I have no plans on starting a new trend.) Thanks, - Ruby Tuesday |
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Thank you.
"Cat Protector" wrote in message news:_x2Cd.4504$2_4.3352@okepread06... I do not think they did. Bast or Bastet was the god/goddess of cats and were only depicted as being seen with earrings. Cats were possibly adorned with other garb. Besides piercing a cat's ears would cause the cat pain and the ancient Egyptians viewed that harming a cat was a crime and they were punished if they did so. -- Cat Galaxy: All Cats! All The Time! www.catgalaxymedia.com Panther TEK: Staying On Top Of Your Computer Needs! www.panthertekit.com "Ruby Tuesday" wrote in message ... I went to the museum the other day, and saw a reproduction of Bast, sitting there with an earrings in her ears. I'm wondering, did the ancient Egyptians put earrings in their cats' ears? (No, I have no plans on starting a new trend.) Thanks, - Ruby Tuesday |
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