In ancient Egypt, people shaved their eyebrows as a sign of grief when their cats died

When a cat died their former owners and occupants of the house would go into deep mourning and shave their eyebrows as a sign of grief. People are not the only mummies in Egypt, as the cat was also mummified significantly. The process of feline mummification had six steps:

1. Removal of organs
2. Body is stuffed with sand or packing material
3. Feline is placed in a sitting position
4. Body is wrapped tightly
5. Faces and designs are painted on wrappings with black ink
6. No chemicals, only natural dehydration
7. In the tombs of the cats were set bowls of milk along with mice and rats.

The Egyptians revered cats so much that if a human killed a feline, either intentionally or unintentionally, that human was sentenced to death.

Laws were set that also forbid the exportation of cats, though they were frequently smuggled out. Armies sometimes were set out to recapture these cats from the foreign lands.

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