關(guān)于埃及的神秘文化你不知道的10件事

9. Egyptians kept many animals as pets.
古埃及人養(yǎng)有許多寵物

The Egyptians saw animals as incarnations of the gods and were one of the first civilizations to keep household pets.
古埃及人將動(dòng)物視為神的化身，并且古埃及人是最早飼養(yǎng)家寵的文明之一。

Egyptians were particularly fond of cats, which were associated with the goddess Bastet, but they also had a reverence for hawks, ibises, dogs, lions and baboons.
古埃及人尤其喜歡養(yǎng)貓，因?yàn)樨埧偸呛拓愃固嘏衤?lián)系在一起。他們也尊重其他動(dòng)物，如鷹、朱鷺、狗、獅子以及狒狒。

Many of these animals held a special place in the Egyptian home, and they were often mummified and buried with their owners after they died.
這些動(dòng)物大部分都在埃及人家中有著特殊的地位，死后通常還會(huì)被作成木乃伊，與主人陪葬。

Other creatures were specially trained to work as helper animals. Egyptian police officers, for example, were known to use dogs and even trained monkeys to assist them when out on patrol.
另外，一些動(dòng)物經(jīng)過(guò)特殊的培訓(xùn)會(huì)成為埃及人的助手。比如，警察外出巡查時(shí)便會(huì)帶上訓(xùn)練有素的狗，有時(shí)甚至是猴子。