Cats appear in Egyptian paintings and sculptures from 3,000 BC. They were used to chase mice in grain stores and were worshipped by people. Anyone who killed a cat was severely punished, and cats became so respected that when they died their bodies were often preserved as mummies and buried with their owners.

早在公元前3千年時(shí)貓就已經(jīng)出現(xiàn)在了古埃及的油畫和雕塑中。貓最早被用來在糧倉(cāng)里抓老鼠，而且人們對(duì)貓無比崇敬。任何一個(gè)殺死貓的人都會(huì)受到嚴(yán)厲的懲罰，有些人甚至還會(huì)給貓的死尸進(jìn)行防腐處理、制成木乃伊，從而使其陪同自己的主人下葬。