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3025 BCE
Nearly 5000 years ago cats likely became integral to Egyptian life for practical reasons
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2500 BCE
A 4500 year old tomb has revealed a surprising find numerous mummified cats and cat statues
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2000 BCE
Around 2000 BCE cats began to be associated with the sun god Ra
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1000 BCE
Starting around 1000 BCE Egyptians began attributing divine characteristics to cats
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500 BCE
By the 5th century BCE a massive cult of Bastet developed in Bubastis attracting the hundreds of thousands of devotees