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 ...

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 ...

In ancient Egypt, few animals were more revered than the cat—and nowhere was this more true than in the city of Bubastis. In this ATG Highlights episode, we explore the ruins of Bubastis, the ...

Cats are among the visitors to a Shanghai Museum exhibition that explores ancient Egyptians’ worship of the four-legged creatures. features cat statues and other treasures from a major archaeological ...

Cats in ancient Egypt were considered sacred and were connected with Bastet, the goddess of fertility, protection and pleasure. Bastet was depicted as a woman with the head of a cat or lioness. Cats ...

The Asian continent is home to more species of cat than any other. Explore Asian cats at the Smithsonian's National Zoo and as pictured in our collections from across the Smithsonian. The ...

Sheba pet food is searching for a domestic cat in the U.S. with links to the feline nobility of ancient Egypt A study from the Feline Genetics & Comparative Medicine Lab found that some domestic cats ...