If you've ever thought that people nowadays are a bit obsessed with cats, allow me to (re)introduce you to ancient Egyptian culture. Cats are reverently depicted throughout thousands of years of ...

Most cat owners joke that their felines rule over their homes like royalty, but these asides could hold some truth. Research has found that some of today's U.S. house cats could be the descendants of ...

In ancient Egypt, few animals were more revered than the cat—and nowhere was this more true than in the city of Bubastis. In ...

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 ...

Archaeologists and historians have known for decades that ancient Egyptians worshipped cats, but recent research has proven that the Pharaohs had an even more significant impact on the species than ...

If you peaked in high school, you know the feeling: the sounds of your school bell, the smell of the cafeteria meatloaf, the touch of the dodgeball against the back of your neck. These are sensory ...

Sobek, crocodile-headed god of the Nile; Sekhmet, leonine goddess of war; Anubis, jackal god of the underworld; and Hathor, mother goddess with a cow’s horns: The ancient Egyptian pantheon of gods was ...

China’s Shanghai Museum is not kitten around about Ancient Egypt. The public museum situated at the People’s Square announced last week that visitors will be allowed to bring their cats to a special ...

Colleen Brown says her two cats usually draw the same reaction from everyone they meet: "That's not an ordinary cat." Her cats, Cleopatra and Misty, look like they belong in a jungle rather than in ...

The active and mischievous Egyptian Mau is known for being one of the longest living cat breeds and one of the most fascinating felines. We say this because this regal-looking cat comes with a ...

A queue of glamorous visitors stood outside Shanghai Museum twitching impatiently, tails flicking and whiskers quivering as they waited to be let in for the institution's inaugural ancient Egypt cat ...

Colleen Brown says her two cats usually draw the same reaction from everyone they meet: "That's not an ordinary cat." Her cats, Cleopatra and Misty, look like they belong in a jungle rather than in ...