Even if cats weren’t always as appreciated as other pets (the Romans had a penchant for lap dogs, for example), cats still conquered one famous piece of ancient Roman history. Today, dozens of the ...

The ancient Egyptians mummified countless cats, and even created the world's first known pet cemetery, a nearly 2,000-year-old burial ground that largely holds cats wearing remarkable iron and ...

Cat, Egyptian, Late Period–Ptolemaic Period, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (66.99.145) Metropolitan Museum of Art ...

Ancient Egypt was full of animal deities, but cats reigned supreme, celebrated in sculptures and stories. Art & Design No Kitten Around: Museum Exhibit Celebrates 'Divine Felines' ...

Rewriting Cat History: The Cyprus Discovery Image by pexels Two groundbreaking studies have challenged the long-held theory that cats became domesticated around 9,500 years ago in Cyprus.

Until now, historians thought the ancient Egyptians first domesticated cats … People tamed cats as pets at least 9500 years ago, say researchers who have unearthed the grave of a prehistoric ...

The cat’s DNA reveals that the ancestors of Homotherium split from other cat groups around 22.5 million years ago. It also includes genes associated with being active during the day, as well as ...