Egyptian mourning ritual

That's interesting I've never heard of that tradition, but all cultures, ancient and modern have traditions that they hold that can seem bizarre if you aren't from that culture. For example the ancient Mayans used to sacrifice animals in order to please their gods. Whereas in American society if people openly sacrificed animals they would ostracized by the community and be convicted of animal cruelty.

I knew that Egyptians had a really special connection with their cats, but I didn't know that they had a mourning ritual like this that they went through when their cats passed away. I know that if it was something that was done in the United States today, I might just now be getting my eyebrows back after having had them shaved for the better part of the last two years. In October of 2010 we lost our first cat and then in June of last year we lost our second cat.

Yes, I heard that before. But I think that is because before my mom literally lost her mind, she watched a lot of the History channel.

Yeah, I knew that, but being both a history fan and a crazy cat lady might have something to do with it.

I haven't heard of that but I did know that cats were very important to the Egyptian people.

Cats were thought of as gods in Egypt this does not surprise me at all it is one of few cultures in history where cats were respected and worshiped rather then feared and killed

This doesn't surprise me, I did know that at one time cats were very special to the Egyptians.

No that is strange I never heard of that before?