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Bastets & Sekhmets
Cats were closely associated with feline goddesses like Bastet and the leonine Sekhmet.
Pictured: Collection of Egyptian Bastets and Sekhmets illustrating the importance of cat iconography in Egyptian culture.
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.
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