Feline figures also adorned Egyptian art in the form of statues and paintings, emphasizing cats' importance in everyday life. Killing a cat, even accidentally, resulted in death, showing just how ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered a collection of mummified cats and scarab beetles in a series of ancient tombs. Reuters The finds, dating back more than 4,000 years, were made at Saqqara ...

In many accounts of how, when, and where cats began sharing their lives with humans, the ancient Egyptians are credited as ...