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

The oldest representation of the night sky and our Milky Way galaxy was found in an Egyptian sarcophagus, revealing ancient ...

When curator of Egyptian archaeology Nir Or Lev ... “And yes, there are cat mummies, and there’s a cat goddess. But there are also dog mummies. In fact, there’s a site where eight million ...

Depictions on ancient Egyptian coffins and tombs suggest a link between the sky goddess Nut and the Milky Way. A recent study led by an astronomer sheds new light on this connection. Depiction of the ...

That’s when depictions of the Egyptian goddess Bastet began ... but they also revered them as companions of the goddess Freyja. White cat fur, a symbol of her blessing, was prized enough to ...

A reported attack by a caracal wild cat on ... Some Egyptian users referenced the symbolism of the lynx in ancient Egyptian mythology, where it was associated with the goddess Mafdet, who was ...

The theories surrounding them were that the gods and goddesses were a symbol or a marker ... the Greek god Hermes. The goddess Bastet was often associated with a cat. In her earliest forms ...

Many pet owners may treat their cats as royalty, but the ancient Egyptians went one step further: They looked to felines as symbols ... an Egyptian goddess often depicted as a cat.

It is a symbol of the primordial ... Evans tentatively linked the snake goddess with the Egyptian snake goddess, Wadjet, but did not pursue this connection. Statuettes similar to the “snake goddess” ...

Titled La Grande Dame (The Cat Woman ... symbol of female power and potential, reappears on the La Grande Dame’s back hovering between a dandelion figure and a wolf-like goddess.

Its collection includes everything from whimsical cat sculptures to a 600 BC bronze statue of the Egyptian cat goddess Bastet ... Egyptians had for cats as symbols of protection and fertility.

A picture of the sword shows that the artifact has decayed over time, but has still retained the symbol of the Egyptian ruler. "In addition to the barracks, numerous artifacts and personal items ...