If you peaked in high school, you know the feeling: the sounds of your school bell, the smell of the cafeteria meatloaf, the touch of the dodgeball against the back of your neck. These are sensory ...

Most cat owners joke that their felines rule over their homes like royalty, but these asides could hold some truth. Research has found that some of today's U.S. house cats could be the descendants of ...

Mouse collector, deity, messenger of Satan, or beloved family member. The history of the cat is long and marked by ups and downs. In ancient Egypt, the house cat was particularly polarizing. It was ...

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 ...

Many pet owners may treat their cats as royalty, but the ancient Egyptians went one step further: They looked to felines as symbols of divinity. To honor this history, the Shanghai Museum in China has ...

SHANGHAI, Sept 1 - 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 ...

Feline qualities were apparently next to godliness. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. But why were cats so highly valued in ancient ...

Archaeologists and historians have known for decades that ancient Egyptians worshipped cats, but recent research has proven that the Pharaohs had an even more significant impact on the species than ...