All cats that die are carried to certain sacred houses, where being first embalmed, they are buried in the city of Bubastis. All persons bury their dogs in sacred vaults within their own city ; and ichneumons are buried in the same manner as the dogs... Herodotus: A New and Literal Version from the Text of Baehr, with a ... - Page 121 by Herodotus, Henry Cary - 1868 - 613 pages Full view -
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