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 ...

Animal mummifications were common in ancient Egypt—even domesticated cats received this treatment to enter the afterlife. Photo: Getty Images / iStockphoto Mouse collector, deity, messenger of Satan, ...

Our perceptions of the ancient world are shaped by the way surviving relics appear in the present day. The cool white marble beauty we attribute to Classical Greek and Roman statues arises from the ...

Long before cats became stars of the internet, they enjoyed great fame in ancient Egypt. The exhibition “Divine Felines: Cats of Ancient Egypt” explores the role and meaning of cats through a ...

Cat videos are everywhere on the internet in the modern day, but a current trend is taking felines back to a time way before the web. According to TikTok, cats are being reminded of a time when they ...

Sheba pet food is searching for a domestic cat in the U.S. with links to the feline nobility of ancient Egypt A study from the Feline Genetics & Comparative Medicine Lab found that some domestic cats ...

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 ...

Cats’ personalities have made them internet stars today. In ancient Egypt, cats were associated with divinities, as revealed in Divine Felines: Cats of Ancient Egypt. Cat coffins and representations ...

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. Her ...