Pharaoh’s Animal Kingdom, a new exhibition for children at the Israel Museum, explores the relationship between animals and Egyptian culture through hieroglyphs, gods, and amulets ...

In ancient Egypt, mass cult ritual sacrifices of cats gave rise to the furry felines becoming human companions, according to a pair of new preprint studies. Ancient Egypt is the best known ...

Cats, dogs, and dung beetles: Discovering the animal world of ancient Egypt Pharaoh’s Animal Kingdom, a new exhibition for children at the Israel Museum, explores the relationship between ...

Ancient Egyptian Mummified Cat Case. Season 1 Episode 5 ... But with animal burials in particular, it's tying it to the cults and the specific gods and gods you worshiped.

While Ancient Egyptians adored many animals, cats clearly reigned supreme. Indeed, elegant feline forms appear throughout ...

The 9,500-year-old cat buried in Cyprus sparked theories that European wildcats could be the original ancestors of domestic cats. Some researchers thought these animals may have followed early farmers ...

Cats are among the visitors to a Shanghai Museum exhibition that explores ancient Egyptians’ worship of the four-legged creatures. features cat statues and other treasures from a major ...

In Ancient Egypt, 1,500 years before Christ, cats were not only companions but afforded almost godly status. In a more ...

Hundreds of Curious Cats Contemplated Ancient Egyptian Artifacts During a Series of ‘Meowseum Nights’ in China For ten nights, animal lovers brought their furry friends to “On Top of the ...

The association between women and cats is both older and more widespread. In ancient Egypt, where cats were domesticated nearly 10,000 years ago, a half-cat, half-human goddess, Bastet, served as ...