We all know the story: cats in Ancient Egypt were supposedly venerated as gods. But reality is quite a bit more complicated. In this episode of SideQuest, we'll see what it was really like to be a cat in Ancient Egypt!

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Further Reading:

"Bandages, Bitumen, Bodies and Business" by Chris Elliott - https://www.semanticscholar.or....g/paper/Bandages%2C-
https://www.arce.org/resource/....goddess-bastet-and-c
https://www.science.org/conten....t/article/ancient-eg