An interest in understanding the role that the Milky Way played in Egyptian culture and religion has led University of ...

The 466-year-old remains of an adult and a juvenile cat are the oldest known in the modern-day United States, a new study ...

Research suggests cat sacrifices in Egypt may have helped shape the tameness of today’s house cats, reshaping the history of ...

Nearly 200 years on from first being erected in Place de la Concorde, a French egyptologist has found new messages in the ...

The macabre world of ancient Egyptian ritual sacrifice may have contributed to the domestication of cats, new research ...

Monkeys: In Hindu mythology, monkeys are sacred due to their association with Hanuman, the monkey god who embodies strength, loyalty, and courage. Hanuman's devotion to Rama in the Ramayana has made ...

By the Viking Age, cats with a new genetic haplogroup, IV-D, show up in York, Orkney, and even Galway, Ireland. The Norse ...

But what is the Eye of Horus and what did it mean to the ancient Egyptians? According to Egyptian mythology, Horus was the ...

Animals have played roles that go far beyond their presence in the natural world since the times of ancient civilisations to ...

A stunning discovery of mummified lion cubs and other animals in the Saqqara necropolis offers a glimpse into ancient ...

New research has overturned everything we thought we knew about cat domestication. Forget the theory that cats simply ...

While keeping the long-dead crocodilian intact, McKnight and her team also “virtually” recreated the bronze hook lodged in ...