Ancient Egyptians adored cats and they considered them to be godly and could only allow Pharaohs had privilege to own them. Cats were under protection because many people stole or abuse them which was illegal. Bast (a goddess) with the head of a cat and a woman's body had a colony of cats and a cemetery comitted to them. At some points killing a cat was punishable by fatality and if a cat was found deceased everyone would have to mourn so they wouldn't be accused of the cat's death. Once a soldier was murdered for unintentionally killing a cat. Some of them were killed before being mummified and then sold to the Bast. Prince Thutmsis had an illustration of his cat, and if it died the family shaved their eyebrows. During the war with Persia