Scientists classify redwoods according to the rules of taxonomy. The discipline within biology concerned with classifying living things, including redwoods, is taxonomy. Itâs a difficult and inexact science encompassing different camps that often disagree.ortunately, there is some solid ground in the form of a general hierarchy that is widely accepted. This scheme features seven levels of classification. They are, in descending order: Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus and Species.
57-58, et. al. The pyramid was supposed to protect the pharaoh's body from the Nile, wild animals, and robbers. The Egyptians believed that they were born with a double, another self, called the ka. When the body died a soul called the ba flew out, sent a life spark through the ka, and then traveled to the other world.
Because cats could protect against the tiny monsters that made Egyptian homes unsafe, Mafdet was regarded as the protector of the home-- and of the kingdom itself! Later in Egyptian history, the goddess Bastet (sometimes just Bast) replaced Mafdet as the feline goddess of choice. Like Mafdet, she was regarded as a fierce protector of the home (and especially of children and royalty), largely because of cats' renowned ability to kill snakes, scorpions, and other vermin.