Ancient Egyptians seem to have been "cat people," or at least cat mummy people. Researchers have dug up several mummified cats alongside about 100 wooden cat statues in a tomb complex near a ...

Baboons, cats, birds, and crocodiles, which also had great religious significance, were sometimes mummified, especially in the later dynasties. Ancient writers, modern scientists, and the mummies ...

and with that of ancient cat remains already analyzed in Europe. The research team will be working on Egyptian cat mummies sourced from different collections across Europe, including from the ...

i> <i>As evidenced by this bronze cat case,</i> <i>ancient Egyptians believed animal companions traveled</i> <i>into the spirit realm alongside their owners!</i> Fisher: With mummies, it's ...

Some Ancient Egyptians offered mummified cats and cat figurines to the feline goddess Bastet ... of dead cats adorned in various ways — though it’s unclear how these mummies met their ends. Read More: ...

Two studies of ancient felines find that cats were likely domesticated in Egypt or other regions in North Africa — and moved ...

His vision: was to get children interested in ancient Egypt. Two years later, his idea has taken shape in the form of Pharaoh’s Animal Kingdom, a colorful, interactive, and lively exhibition designed ...

Researchers Discover World's First Egyptian Mummy Who Was Pregnant at Time ... Do You Think Your Cat Is Related to the Royal Cats of Ancient Egypt? Research Says Maybe You're Right (Exclusive ...

As fans wait for Universal to again coax The Mummy out of its cinematic crypt, horror fans need to watch this forgotten ...

A comparison of ancient and modern data has established ... But that's only half the story. Most Egyptian cat mummies carry another lybica subtype, type C. The oldest remains of this type date ...

Inspired ancient Egyptians' worship of Bastet ... teams discovered a cat temple in Saqqara and unearthed many cat mummies and cat statues. So when we were planning the event, we had cats as ...