When curator of Egyptian ... jewelry adorned with animal figures, household objects shaped like fish or sheep, and tiny amulets in the forms of a hippopotamus, falcon, vulture, and cat.

These are the seven big Egyptian cat breeds in existence today. With an average length of a little over two feet and facial features and body proportions that look quite similar to the typical ...

The results, which were shared in a study, proved that there are enough unique DNA similarities between the two for there to be royal descendants of ancient Egyptian cats among the domestic ...

In true feline form, cats took their time deciding whether to jump into humans’ laps. In a new comprehensive study of the spread of domesticated cats, DNA analysis suggests that cats lived for ...

In Ancient Egypt, cats and humans developed a remarkably close relationship as shown by numerous depictions in art from around 2,000BC. And it appears something about these Egyptian cats made them ...

Shanghai Museum has pulled in crowds this summer for an exhibition of ancient Egyptian relics including cat statues and other feline imagery, and which on Saturday nights allows up to 200 visitors to ...

This Ancient Egyptian bronze statue from the Ptolemaic era once contained a mummified cat! Join Andrew as he takes viewers to look at a peculiar item in the Dr. Gabriel Manigault Collection at the ...

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.

02:26 Shanghai Museum honours Egyptian cat goddess with ‘Meow Night’ events Shanghai Museum honours Egyptian cat goddess with ‘Meow Night’ events “I cannot imagine my life right now ...