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This tie-in with a BBC2 series in the autumn of 1991 tells the story of the domestic cat from its origins in Ancient Egypt to its fall from grace in medieval Europe and its rise again to become one of today's most popular pets. Roger Tabor visited the ancient tombs and temples of Egypt, exploring the early fertility cults of the cat goddess, Bastet, and made discoveries about the domestication of the cat.
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Cats. The rise of the cat, Roger Tabor
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- Released
- 1991
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- Title
- Cats. The rise of the cat
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Roger Tabor
- Publisher
- BBC
- Released
- 1991
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 192
- ISBN10
- 0563360119
- ISBN13
- 9780563360117
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Nature, Animals
- Rating
- 3.1 out of 5
- Description
- This tie-in with a BBC2 series in the autumn of 1991 tells the story of the domestic cat from its origins in Ancient Egypt to its fall from grace in medieval Europe and its rise again to become one of today's most popular pets. Roger Tabor visited the ancient tombs and temples of Egypt, exploring the early fertility cults of the cat goddess, Bastet, and made discoveries about the domestication of the cat.