What has the body of a dog, the face of a cat and jaws powerful enough ... Bastetodon's remarkably intact skull and a figure of the Egyptian cat goddess Bastet. (Hesham Sallam/American University ...

Bastet, the Egyptian goddess of motherhood and fertility, famously sported a feline face. Even today, one of the oldest domesticated cat breeds in the world, the Egyptian Mau, traces its origins ...