If you've ever thought that people nowadays are a bit obsessed with cats, allow me to (re)introduce you to ancient Egyptian culture. Cats are reverently depicted throughout thousands of years of ...

Most cat owners joke that their felines rule over their homes like royalty, but these asides could hold some truth. Research has found that some of today's U.S. house cats could be the descendants of ...

In ancient Egypt, mass cult ritual sacrifices of cats gave rise to the furry felines becoming human companions, according to a pair of new preprint studies. Ancient Egypt is the best known ...

If internet cat videos and memes are any indication, people today are as obsessed with cats as the ancient Egyptians were. Now in Atlanta after a stint at the Brooklyn Museum, "Divine Felines: Cats of ...

Cats’ personalities have made them internet stars today. In ancient Egypt, cats were associated with divinities, as revealed in Divine Felines: Cats of Ancient Egypt. Cat coffins and representations ...

Animal mummifications were common in ancient Egypt—even domesticated cats received this treatment to enter the afterlife. Photo: Getty Images / iStockphoto Mouse collector, deity, messenger of Satan, ...

Many pet owners may treat their cats as royalty, but the ancient Egyptians went one step further: They looked to felines as symbols of divinity. To honor this history, the Shanghai Museum in China has ...

If you peaked in high school, you know the feeling: the sounds of your school bell, the smell of the cafeteria meatloaf, the touch of the dodgeball against the back of your neck. These are sensory ...

Cats are currently found on every continent except Antartica, but now we know the origins of everyone's favorite felines. All modern domestic cats descend from a single type of wild cat known as Felis ...

Cat videos are everywhere on the internet in the modern day, but a current trend is taking felines back to a time way before the web. According to TikTok, cats are being reminded of a time when they ...

Mouse collector, deity, messenger of Satan, or beloved family member. The history of the cat is long and marked by ups and downs. In ancient Egypt, the house cat was particularly polarizing. It was ...