Ancient Egypt exhibition in China welcomes cats

Cats and their owners visited Shanghai Museum for the institution's inaugural ancient Egypt cat night.

Feline tickets for the event sold out within days, as Shanghai's devoted pet owners seized the chance to share an educational experience with their animals and share the photos on the mostly pedigree cats' personal social media accounts. Cats were considered sacred in ancient Egypt, and associated in particular with Bast, a goddess of fertility, birth, and protection.