The domestic cat is descended ... long relationship between humans and felines. "There were two taming events - one in the Near East at the beginning and one in Egypt much later," said lead ...

Many wealthy families went so far as to mummify their cats so they could join their humans ... features like the ...

The Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History is home to cat mummies as part of our anthropology collections. Cat coffins and representations of the cat-headed goddess Bastet are among the ...

Of the many Egyptian deities ... Nights with their cats in tow. Though the event only lasted 10 nights, the museum sold 2200 tickets (for 200 cats and 2000 humans). Most house cats aren ...

In what sounds like a recipe for mayhem, the Shanghai Museum ran ten “Meowseum Nights” on Saturdays through the summer and ...