One of the first things folks usually bring up whenever the topic of ancient Egypt comes around is, “Oh, they worshipped cats”, and while the cat certainly featured prominently in ancient Egyptian cosmology, the reality of ancient Egypt’s relationship with the cat is far more complex than merely popping a cat’s head on a woman’s body and building a few temples or shrines in her honour.
Join Nerine Dorman as she traces the complex history of feline domestication and eventual deification in ancient Egypt, as we walk in the footsteps of the small predators that have made themselves so at home in our lives. Whether a mouser or a living embodiment of a goddess, cats have left their pawprints all over our homes and hearts for thousands of years.
The Egyptian Society of South Africa invites you to attend this lecture at St George’s Grammar School in Richmond Road, Mowbray, on Tuesday, October 27, at 7.30pm. Parking is available on the premises. Lectures are free for TESSA members; visitors pay R30. Refreshments cost R10.