Ancient Egypt Research Paper

Indeed, animals are quite resourceful aspects of society regardless of their location. That goes to say since the beginnings of man, animals have prevailed to assist humans in accumulating necessary raw materials, satisfying basic nutritional needs, providing advanced companions throughout war, and enabling the required balance of the ecosystem as well as yielding psychological counterparts on the social and religious fronts. In light of this, numerous servile beasts can be shoveled into this category, but one animal in particular comes to mind, especially when considering the regions of Ancient Egypt. That is, the independent and often times unsocial night creature lurking around neighborhoods by night napping on couches and recliners across …show more content…
Textual and scientific evidence suggests that cats were first domesticated in Egypt.(3) To elaborate on this statement, the first physical proof lies in the cat remains found in tombs at Abydos and Mostagedda as well as the writings of the Old Kingdom which include many references to felines.(3) Nevertheless, their location of origin can still be considered a controversial topic among …show more content…
And with regard to this particular finding, the presence of a collar seems to be a significant factor in determining who first domesticated cats and thus the first location of cat domestication (8). In light of this, two similar species of cats surfaced within the regions of Ancient Egypt in connection with the “small wild cat (genus Felis)” (12) belonging to the Felidae family (15): the Felis libyca which is known to be the wild cat Africa and the Felis chaus, or the “jungle cat” (12). The presence of both of these species was studied vigorously during the past two hundred years and was “confirmed by many reports” since the French invasion led to a mass of Europeans gaining access to Egypt. (16) To be sure, the process of domestication of these species took place somewhere between the period in which the Old and Middle Kingdoms of Egypt thrived and it was actually within this period itself that the name,“miw” or “miu” commonly used for the domesticated cat, came about . (1) Indeed, both types of cats cannot be thought of in the same fashion. For it is apparent as historians look back, how much more presiding the North African Felis libyca was in terms of

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