In true feline form, cats took their time deciding whether to jump into humans’ laps. In a new comprehensive study of the spread of domesticated cats, DNA analysis suggests that cats lived for ...

Image: Mummified Egyptian cat in the British Museum in London. Credit: Neil Howard / CC BY-NC 2.0. For decades, experts believed cats were first domesticated in ancient Egypt, where they were ...

The age of the burial predates any known Egyptian records, hinting that cat domestication could have begun somewhere else. In a pair of preprint studies posted in March 2025 to bioRxiv , European ...

Sheba pet food is searching for a domestic cat in the U.S. with links to the feline nobility of ancient Egypt Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013.

Sheba wants to help Dr. Lyons explore her findings, so the brand is launching an official search for a royal successor to ancient Egypt's adored and revered cats — a cat, like all beloved pet ...

Research has found that some of today's U.S. house cats could be the descendants of the feline nobility of ancient Egypt. Dr. Leslie A. Lyons of the Feline Genetics & Comparative Medicine Lab at ...

In ancient Egypt, cats were revered as near-royalty, embodying grace, cunning, and pest control. Beyond practical uses, they symbolized protection, fertility, and divine power, linked to the ...

Of the many Egyptian deities, Bastet—the goddess of cats and daughter of the sun god Re—is one of the most recognizable. Her existence proves that felines were revered in Ancient Egypt.

If you've ever thought that people nowadays are a bit obsessed with cats, allow me to (re)introduce you to ancient Egyptian culture. Cats are reverently depicted throughout thousands of years of ...

SHANGHAI — Shanghai Museum has pulled in crowds this summer for an exhibition of ancient Egyptian relics including cat statues and other feline imagery, and which on Saturday nights allows up to ...

Shanghai: Shanghai Museum has pulled in crowds this summer for an exhibition of ancient Egyptian relics including cat statues and other feline imagery, which on Saturday nights allows up to 200 ...