Uploaded March 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
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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Have a fancy historical idea you'd like me to cover? Drop a comment and let me know!
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A big THANK YOU to the selfless supporters of SideQuest for their limitless generosity:
JK, Leloo Wolf, pmck, Aradhya Khandelwal, dancingvulture, Nick Wen, Scott Gibbs, Adrien Maillet, Tom Timmerman, FauxFowks, ProfessorComrade, Ethan McCosby, semchapeu, Alex Newman, Titus Proctor, Arta, asimchillify, Shekel Dispenser
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Further Reading:
"Bandages, Bitumen, Bodies and Business" by Chris Elliott - semanticscholar.org/paper/Bandages%2C-Bitumen%2C-Bodies-and-Business-Egyptian-as-Elliott/4c7f178fb2fa6248cf6978773c83edae900816f2
arce.org/resource/goddess-bastet-and-cult-feline-deities-nile-delta
science.org/content/article/ancient-egyptians-may-have-given-cats-personality-conquer-world
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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If you'd like to see more of these videos, consider supporting me on Patreon: patreon.com/sidequest_channel
Have a fancy historical idea you'd like me to cover? Drop a comment and let me know!
-------------------------------------------------------------------
A big THANK YOU to the selfless supporters of SideQuest for their limitless generosity:
JK, Leloo Wolf, pmck, Aradhya Khandelwal, dancingvulture, Nick Wen, Scott Gibbs, Adrien Maillet, Tom Timmerman, FauxFowks, ProfessorComrade, Ethan McCosby, semchapeu, Alex Newman, Titus Proctor, Arta, asimchillify, Shekel Dispenser
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Further Reading:
"Bandages, Bitumen, Bodies and Business" by Chris Elliott - semanticscholar.org/paper/Bandages%2C-Bitumen%2C-Bodies-and-Business-Egyptian-as-Elliott/4c7f178fb2fa6248cf6978773c83edae900816f2
arce.org/resource/goddess-bastet-and-cult-feline-deities-nile-delta
science.org/content/article/ancient-egyptians-may-have-given-cats-personality-conquer-world
