Egyptian bastet handmade papyrus the Egyptian goddess.The cat was called “miaw” in hieroglyphic. To the Ancient Egyptians, cats were held sacred and the killing of a cat, even by accident, brought a sentence of death. And when a pet cat died, ancient Egyptians would shave off their eyebrows as a gesture of grief. Bastet is the goddess of pleasure, sex, fun, and wine. She loved music and dance. Bastet protected from diseases and helped cure the already existed. She repels evil spirits. But she also had a wild savage side. Bastet was believed to be sent by Ra to punish sinners and the enemies of Egypt. Although she was worshipped all over egypt, the center of her cult was in Bubastis in Lower Egypt, where a huge burial site of cat mummies has been found.