Eventually, some ancient Egyptians likely welcomed the cats home as adorable pet companions, they say. The domestication and ...

By the Viking Age, cats with a new genetic haplogroup, IV-D, show up in York, Orkney, and even Galway, Ireland. The Norse ...

New research has overturned everything we thought we knew about cat domestication. Forget the theory that cats simply ...

In ancient Egypt, mass cult ritual sacrifices of cats gave rise to the furry felines becoming human companions, according to ...

A stunning discovery of mummified lion cubs and other animals in the Saqqara necropolis offers a glimpse into ancient ...

Cats certainly traveled long distances: DNA from Egyptian cats has been found as far as a Viking ... Bastet, a feline-headed goddess, was worshipped as a protector and as a deity of pregnancy and ...

Animals have played roles that go far beyond their presence in the natural world since the times of ancient civilisations to ...

Discover 5 amazing animals that shaped and lived alongside ancient civilizations. Each played a unique role in shaping early societies.

For decades, researchers have theorized that ancient cats in and around Cyprus —  located southeast of Greece, south of Turkey —most likely followed early farmers and then “gradually got accustomed to ...

Working with an Egyptian team, including Youssef, the site director, Waziri chose to excavate near a mysterious temple called the Bubasteion, dedicated to the cat goddess Bastet, that had been cut ...

The discovery was made near the remains of a mummified adult lion, which was found underneath the Saqqara necropolis in 2004.