New research has overturned everything we thought we knew about cat domestication. Forget the theory that cats simply ...

Research suggests cat sacrifices in Egypt may have helped shape the tameness of today’s house cats, reshaping the history of ...

Cats became human companions for the first time likely following mass cult ritual sacrifices of the furry felines in ancient ...

The macabre world of ancient Egyptian ritual sacrifice may have contributed to the domestication of cats, new research ...

For decades, researchers have theorized that ancient cats in and around Cyprus —  located southeast of Greece, south of Turkey —most likely followed early farmers and then “gradually got accustomed to ...

Cat coffins and representations of the cat-headed goddess Bastet are among the extraordinary objects that reveal felines’ critical role in ancient Egyptian religious, social, and political life.

The ancient Egyptians revered cats. Here ... but they were also sacrificed in large numbers during religious rituals. Bastet, a feline-headed goddess, was worshipped as a protector and as a deity of ...

Collection of cat figurines dedicated to the ancient Egyptian deity Bastet (AFP via Getty Images) This brings the focus back to Egypt as the origin site of cat domestication possibly as recent as ...