The Supreme Council of Antiquities in Egypt announced that archaeologists unearthed a 2,000-year-old temple that was ...

Cats certainly traveled long distances: DNA from Egyptian cats has been found as far as a ... but they were also sacrificed in large numbers during religious rituals. Bastet, a feline-headed goddess, ...

In Shanghai, cat lovers had an opportunity to explore ancient Egyptian artifacts ... includes artifacts from the Bastet temple, devoted to the cat goddess Bastet, showing the reverence for felines ...

Cat coffins and representations of the cat-headed goddess Bastet are among the extraordinary objects that reveal felines’ critical role in ancient Egyptian religious, social, and political life.

If you think your moggy at home demands attention, they’ve got nothing on Bastet, the Egyptian cat goddess. The extremely popular deity was originally depicted as a wild cat, but later on when ...

This Egyptian mummified cat's head is part of ... Cats were also given in offering to the cat goddess, Bast. Bast was the deity of protection, fertility and motherhood. The presence of this ...