Since an Egyptian bronze cat was installed at the St. Louis City Art Museum last month, attendance has increased rapidly. Last week the museum announced that the August total of visitors, 51,323, ...

The Egyptian cat looks hungry and cannot have a taste of the goose that she is offering to the rat, thus once more highlighting the Egyptians’ inferior position at the time.

Dallas Museum of Art’s current exhibition, Divine Felines: Cats of Ancient Egypt organized by the Brooklyn Museum features 80 objects depicting Ancient Egyptians’ admiration for cats and the ...

Researchers are using high-tech 3D imaging software to reveal what is inside a 2,000-year-old Egyptian cat mummy and other ancient mummified artifacts in the museums' collections.

After six years of closure and restoration work, the Museum of Modern Egyptian Art has reopened its doors to the public in December 2020. We are given the privilege to be guided through the museum ...

Whether they feature cat art or have resident felines, these institutions are the purrfect destinations for ailurophiles.

Archaeology & History The 10 Most Astonishing Archaeological Discoveries of 2020, From an Ancient Cat Carving to the Amazon Rock Paintings Here's what we learned about Vikings, Mongolian women ...

The story of how the Ancient goddess, Bastet, went from "fierce lion" to "fluffy cat" will help you understand the true majesty of your own felines.

The mystery of how cats went from wild animals to domesticated pets may have been solved by a team of researchers who have extracted DNA from mummified cats found in Ancient Egyptian tombs.