The Egyptians treated them with reverence and adoration having, first domesticated them 4,000 years ago. Since then the small ...

Scientists at Washington State University not only discovered how to recreate the color known as "Egyptian Blue," they also ...

A team of Washington State University-led researchers has recreated the world's oldest synthetic pigment, called Egyptian ...

Domestic cats have shared our homes for millennia, but their origins remain mysterious. Two recent studies propose a new lead ...

Set in a fantastical version of ancient Egypt where gods and mortals ... offering an imaginative interpretation of Egyptian legends. 2. The Mummy (1999) – Netflix The movie opens in the late ...

Ancient Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses I sat longer at Emory University than he did on the throne. His presumptive remains now lay encased in glass at Egypt’s Luxor Museum, a simple cloth draped from his ...

We see most of these elements in the stories of numerous cultures worldwide, but what about Egypt? Did the ancient Egyptians have a flood myth with some of these elements? Finding the flood myth in ...

Once worshipped by the ancient Egyptians, cats are still among the most adored pet animals today. Their godly attitude of staying laid-back, making their humans earn every bit of affection, and not ...

Sasaki is keen to explore the mutation's origins. "One idea is to study ancient Egyptian cat paintings—or even to test DNA from mummified cats—to see if any cats back then were orange," Sasaki said.