PugJesus@piefed.social to cats@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 month agoBronze idol of the goddess Bastet in the form of a cat, bronze, Egypt, 664-332 BCEmedia.piefed.socialimagemessage-square5linkfedilinkarrow-up1102arrow-down13
arrow-up199arrow-down1imageBronze idol of the goddess Bastet in the form of a cat, bronze, Egypt, 664-332 BCEmedia.piefed.socialPugJesus@piefed.social to cats@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 month agomessage-square5linkfedilink
minus-squareKraiden@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoSo does anyone know how we know that it’s a depiction of Bastet as a cat, and not just a regular old cat?
minus-squarePugJesus@piefed.socialOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoApparently there’s a symbol on the head.
So does anyone know how we know that it’s a depiction of Bastet as a cat, and not just a regular old cat?
Apparently there’s a symbol on the head.