Cats held a revered place in ancient Egyptian society ... These names are inspired by the gods and goddesses of Egypt, ...

Elegant, refined, and rich with meaning, these Egyptian female cat names are as lovely as ... worshipped a remarkable pantheon of gods and goddesses, many of them sporting anthropomorphized ...

Egyptian gods and goddesses were an essential part of ancient life ... Bastet, often depicted as a lioness or a domestic cat, was the goddess of home, fertility and, curiously, protective warfare. She ...

Sobek, crocodile-headed god of the Nile; Sekhmet, leonine goddess of war ... world’s most popular pets, dogs and cats also played prominent roles in Egyptian mythology, appearing in the Egyptian ...

Here are 10 absolutely terrifying Egyptian gods that you might not have heard of. Photo Credit: AP Images/Hiro Komae Mafdet was an early goddess, usually depicted as a cat, who represented ...

New Historia What do you think of New Historia’s breakdown of the Ancient Egyptian goddess, Bastet? Are you now considering a cadre of cats as your bodyguard? Are you just going to start ...

A statue of the ancient cat-goddess Bastet found among the ... Reuters This would indicate that the worship of the ancient Egyptian cat god, daughter of the sun god Re, continued during the ...

after archaeologists discovered other types of mummified animals and statues of different Egyptian gods there. "Today's discovery confirms that the temple wasn't exclusively for cats, but for ...

Religious beliefs changed a lot during Ancient Egyptian history. But what remained the same was the important role that gods and goddesses played in people's lives, their deaths and their journey ...

Many wealthy families went so far as to mummify their cats so they could join their humans in the afterlife. Bastet, the Egyptian goddess of motherhood and fertility, famously sported a feline face.