Cats held a revered place in ancient Egyptian society, symbolizing protection, grace, and divine connection. These sacred ...

Cat coffins and representations of the cat-headed goddess Bastet are among the extraordinary objects that reveal felines’ critical role in ancient Egyptian religious, social, and political life.

Then, a few thousand years later, cats spread out of ancient Egypt along maritime trade routes. Today, cats live on all continents except Antarctica. Scientists think wildcats began hanging around ...

The Civilization of Ancient Egypt” at the Shanghai Museum, where many examples of ancient cat imagery are on display Julia Binswanger Daily Correspondent Many pet owners may treat their cats as ...

Of the many Egyptian deities, Bastet—the goddess of cats and daughter of the sun god Re—is one of the most recognizable. Her existence proves that felines were revered in Ancient Egypt.

Ancient Egyptians thought cats were very special ... These short animated videos explore Ancient Egypt. There are five films devoted to key themes - such as the River Nile and Gods and goddesses.

Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered a collection of mummified cats and scarab beetles in a series of ancient tombs. Reuters The finds, dating back more than 4,000 years, were made at Saqqara ...

"About five or six cats got loose every night during 'Meowseum Nights', but none made it far before they were caught." ...

The main characters of the film, the mouse Maurice and the cats Vincent and Cleopatra, will travel from St. Petersburg to Egypt ... the characters discover an ancient papyrus with a map and ...