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What was the custom followed in ancient Egypt at the death of family pet cat?
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In ancient Egypt, at the death of a family cat, the family would follow elaborate rituals. The members shaved off their eyebrows in mourning, drank wines and beat their chests during mourning. They mummified the body and kept it in the family tomb along with several mummified tiny mice.