Sacred animal mummy of a cat, Late Period–Roman Period, ca. 400 B.C.–100 A.D., From Egypt, Linen, paint, animal remains, mummfication materials, H. 34.4 cm (13 9/16 in.); W. 9.5 cm (3 3/4 in.); D. 5.6 cm (2 3/16 in.), Animal cults, The Egyptians considered certain individual animals to be living manifestations of a god, such as, since earliest times, the Apis bull. Those individuals were duly mummifed when they died and buried for eternal life, then replaced by another single living manifestation
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Sacred animal mummy, cat, Late Period–Roman Period, ca, 400 B.C.–100 .D, Egypt, Linen, paint, animal remains, mummfication materials, H, 34.4 cm, 13 9/16, W, 9.5, 3 3/4, D, 5.6, 2 3/16, Animal cults, Egyptians considered, certain, individual, animals, living manifestations, god, earliest times, Apis bull, individuals, duly mummifed, died, buried, eternal life, replaced, another single, living, manifestation
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