Herodotus, the historian, describes the ceremonies held in Bubastis in honour of the cat goddess in about 440 BC. Hundreds of thouthends of pilgrims came from all over Egypt, bringing with them the mummies of any cats that had died in the past year. Encased in coffins of precious wood or precious metal, they were taken to the vast cats' cemetery at the feet of the goddess, for this was the only place where they could be buried.
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