Imagine standing face-to-face with a creature whose teeth looked more like daggers than anything you’d ever seen in the ...

The story of the Abyssinian cat is as old as civilization itself—rich with mystery, elegance, and a dash of wild spirit.

The popular perception of ancient Egyptian cats has been driven by which monuments happen to survive to present day, but an examination of additional data reveals a striped surprise.

In Ancient Egypt, 1,500 years before Christ, cats were not only companions but afforded almost godly status. In a more ...

The ancient Egyptians mummified countless cats, and even created the world's first known pet cemetery, a nearly 2,000-year-old burial ground that largely holds cats wearing remarkable iron and ...

Ancient Egyptians also believed cats brought good luck, thus honoring them with fancy accessories and a rich diet. 2. History of Cats In Ancient Rome. In Rome, cats weren’t always the first choice for ...

In Ancient Egypt, cats and humans developed a remarkably close relationship as shown by numerous depictions in art from around 2,000BC. And it appears something about these Egyptian cats made them ...

Modern cat lovers can thank the farmers of ancient Anatolia in the Near East for domesticating their fluffy friends about 10,000 years ago, a new study finds.

Scans of an ancient cat mummy revealed that the 2,500-year-old feline supposedly resting within the wrappings wasn't a single animal. Instead, the mummy held the partial remains of three cats ...

New evidence suggests that cats have been the friends of humans for far longer than previously assumed. Published by Nature Research, “The paleogenetic of cat dispersal in the ancient world ...

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 ...

The remains of two domestic cats found in the wreckage of a Spanish conquistador ship were likely the first of the pet to make it to what is now the U.S.