In fact, the descendants of the Pharaohs' cats are likely living among us today, making the Egyptians the world's first cat ...

The skeletons of six cats, including four kittens, found in an Egyptian cemetery may push back the date of cat domestication in Egypt by nearly 2,000 years.

Royal Egyptian Cat Names The Pharaohs of ancient Egypt ruled over a mighty empire for thousands of years, shaping the course ...

Two thousand years ago, an Egyptian purchased a mummified kitten from a breeder, to offer as a sacrifice to the goddess Bastet, new research suggests. Between about 332 B.C. and 30 B.C. in Egypt ...

The popular perception of ancient Egyptian cats has been driven by which monuments happen to survive to present day, but an examination of additional data reveals a striped surprise.

Two thousand years ago, an Egyptian purchased a mummified kitten from a breeder, to offer as a sacrifice to the goddess Bastet, new research suggests. Between about 332 B.C. and 30 B.C. in Egypt ...

The Saqqara cats, like millions of others throughout Egyptian history, would have been bred and raised for eventual mass sacrifice to the protective goddess Bastet, who often appears in Egyptian ...

An Egyptian cat mummy. Photograph by Richard Barnes, Nat Geo Image Collection. The earlier ancestors of today’s domestic cats spread from southwest Asia and into Europe as early as 4400 B.C.

The skeletons of six cats, including four kittens, found in an Egyptian cemetery may push back the date of cat domestication in Egypt by nearly 2,000 years. The bones come from a cemetery for the ...

Archaeologists know that cats later became an important part of Egyptian life and religion. After about 330 B.C., Egyptians even bred felines near temples to be sacrificed as offerings and mummified .

Archaeologists know that cats later became an important part of Egyptian life and religion. After about 330 B.C., Egyptians even bred felines near temples to be sacrificed as offerings and mummified .

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