There’s no doubt scientific cat facts are endlessly fascinating, but learning about the way cats were treated in Ancient Egypt is something special. Case in point: This video from New Historia, which ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. A 2200-year-old temple that may have been dedicated to the ancient Egyptian cat god Bastet has been unearthed in Alexandria. The ruins ...

CAIRO, Egypt — In the times of the ancient pharoahs, the cat was almost an equal of the gods. Pilgrims would place mummified cats around statues of cat-headed goddess Bastet, along with written ...

Sobek, crocodile-headed god of the Nile; Sekhmet, leonine goddess of war; Anubis, jackal god of the underworld; and Hathor, mother goddess with a cow’s horns: The ancient Egyptian pantheon of gods was ...

The gold foils in the tomb were designed to take the shape of Ancient Egyptian gods, such as Isis, who was a major goddess in ancient Egyptian religion and was considered the divine mother of the ...

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, ...

An ancient Egyptian burial ground has been unearthed with around 20 tombs kitted out with golden treasures including a gold foil statue of a cat goddess. The group of tombs were discovered by ...