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DontBeADramaLlama t1_jdsmam5 wrote

Reply to comment by otackle72 in Over 2,000 Mummified Sheep Heads Unearthed In Egypt Temple by cargo_run_rust

Egyptians used to mummify everything. I’ve read about massive cat cemeteries. Mummified Ibis have been found. I think dogs - it wasn’t just for pharaohs!

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herrcollin t1_jdsunim wrote

What good is there to being reborn in the afterlife if you can't bring your cat or dog with you :)

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YenTheMerchant t1_jdtnsz9 wrote

Or 2000 sheep's head!

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Docoe t1_jdtprqz wrote

Well hey, when I get to the afterlife, I'm going to need some things to redecorate

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theunscaledbanana t1_jdutbtj wrote

Snacks. You are going to need snacks. 2000 sheep heads will keep you going for a while.

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ambient_whooshing t1_jdu1vbg wrote

Yeah, but the 2001 model had the updated styling.

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diuturnal t1_jdue9je wrote

I prefer the styling of the 1990 model. But I can't deny that the new lungs in the 01 model breathed so much better than the older ones.

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-Badger2- t1_jdvmy7k wrote

"If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went."

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cargo_run_rust OP t1_jdt72e1 wrote

Yes. That right. One such large animal tomb is called the Serapeum and it is located 40kilometers south of Cairo. It's near the Step pyramid.

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Docoe t1_jdtpuf7 wrote

What are you doing, step pyramid?

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Wagosh t1_jdtqi0d wrote

Playing with the dog, it won't be long.

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Clean-Parsley-5739 t1_jdttnut wrote

Herodotus had this to say of Egypt in book 2 chapter 67 of his histories
Dead cats are taken away to sacred buildings in the town of Bubastis, where they are embalmed and buried; female dogs are buried by the townsfolk in their own towns in sacred coffins; and the like is done with mongooses. Shrewmice and hawks are taken away to Buto, ibises to the city of Hermes. 2.67.2 There are few bears, and the wolves are little bigger than foxes; both these are buried wherever they are found lying.

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cargo_run_rust OP t1_jdu5kx7 wrote

>Dead cats are taken away to sacred buildings in the town of Bubastis, where they are embalmed and buried; female dogs are buried by the townsfolk in their own towns in sacred coffins; and the like is done with mongooses. Shrewmice and hawks are take

Interesting. Never knew about Bubastis when I visited Egypt. Thought that Serapeum of Saqqara was the largets animal tomb,.
Did Herodotus mention why this was done?

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-_---------------- t1_jdu7ewt wrote

Also immediately thought of this part. I remember translating this in my second to final year of high school in Greek class.

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DaddyCatALSO t1_jdu2hzn wrote

Animal mummies wer eonce so common they were used as freitlizer and fuel

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Some_Intention t1_jduaohm wrote

Mummies were so common they were used to make paint. The last of it being made in the 60s-ish with the owner of the company saying "I might have an arm or a leg around here to make a little more, but I'm out of supplies".

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