The excavators overseen by Youssef uncovered hundreds of coffins, mummies and grave goods, including carved statues and mummified cats ... into a period late in ancient Egyptian history when ...

An American flag flutters proudly alongside whimsical cat sculptures, proving patriotism and cat appreciation make purr-fect companions in Sylva. Photo credit: David Large painted ... Adjacent ...

An American flag flutters proudly alongside whimsical cat sculptures, proving patriotism and cat appreciation make purr-fect companions in Sylva. Photo credit: David You might notice a large colorful ...

Ancient Macedonians prized the big-cat hunt and regarded ... They stepped into a large, vaulted, double chamber strewn with smashed pottery, silver vases, bronze vessels, armor and weapons ...

But that idea was shaken by the discovery of a more-than 9,000-year-old grave on the island of Cyprus, where a cat was buried alongside a human. The age of the burial predates any known Egyptian ...

Have you ever wondered why cats, with their independent nature, became our cherished household companions? Recent archaeological discoveries are rewriting the story of cat domestication, revealing a ...

Ancient Egypt is well known to have been the cradle of human civilisation where feline domestication and worship were prevalent. Several mummified cat remains and deities like the Egyptian goddess ...

CAIRO/JERUSALEM/GAZA, April 14 (Reuters) - The latest round of talks in Cairo to restore the defunct Gaza ceasefire and free Israeli hostages ended with no apparent breakthrough, Palestinian and ...

For decades, researchers have theorized that ancient cats in and around Cyprus —  located southeast of Greece, south of Turkey —most likely followed early farmers and then “gradually got accustomed to ...

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