Egyptian Mau cats are everyone's cup of tea ... Hathor – a sky deity; mother or consort of sky god Horus and sun god Ra 10. Ptah – a creator god and patron deity of craftsmen and architects ...

Killing a cat, even accidentally, resulted in death, showing just how much they were valued. In Egyptian mythology, gods and goddesses could transform into animals, but only one, Bastet ...

In many ways, the stray cats of Cairo mirror Egypt’s rapidly growing human population, resilient, adaptable, and constantly ...

If you think your moggy at home demands attention, they’ve got nothing on Bastet, the Egyptian cat goddess. The extremely popular deity was originally depicted as a wild cat, but later on when ...