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, was ...
If internet cat videos and memes are any indication, people today are as obsessed with cats as the ancient Egyptians were. Now in Atlanta after a stint at the Brooklyn Museum, "Divine Felines: Cats of ...
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 ...
Colleen Brown says her two cats usually draw the same reaction from everyone they meet: "That's not an ordinary cat." Her cats, Cleopatra and Misty, look like they belong in a jungle rather than in ...
This Ancient Egyptian bronze statue from the Ptolemaic era once contained a mummified cat! Join Andrew as he takes viewers to look at a peculiar item in the Dr. Gabriel Manigault Collection at the ...
From their early days of domestication, cats have made quite an impression on their people. "They have really fascinated artists for a very long time, both for their character traits and because, for ...
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 goddess ...
Colleen Brown says her two cats usually draw the same reaction from everyone they meet: "That's not an ordinary cat." Her cats, Cleopatra and Misty, look like they belong in a jungle rather than in ...