Research suggests cat sacrifices in Egypt may have helped shape the tameness of today’s house cats, reshaping the history of ...

The macabre world of ancient Egyptian ritual sacrifice may have contributed to the domestication of cats, new research ...

One of the world’s most famous religious buildings, Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia was extraordinary when it was built in the sixth ...

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

Two groundbreaking studies challenge the traditional timeline of cat domestication, highlighting the pivotal influence of ...

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

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