Many wealthy families went so far as to mummify their cats so they could join their humans in the afterlife. Bastet, the Egyptian goddess of motherhood and fertility, famously sported a feline face.

If you think your moggy at home demands attention, they’ve got nothing on Bastet, the Egyptian cat goddess. The extremely popular deity was originally depicted as a wild cat, but later on when ...

According to the museum, the Egyptian antiquities exhibition ... which was dedicated to the cat goddess Bastet. “In ancient Egypt, the cat goddess Bastet was regarded as a symbol of protection ...