The African wildcat was first tamed in ancient Egypt some 4,000 years ago, marking the beginning of cat domestication. Cats ...

The team named the specimen after the cat-headed Egyptian goddess, Bastet, the symbol of protection, pleasure, and good health. Hesham Sallam, vertebrate paleontologist, and founder of MUVP ...

The Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History is home to cat mummies as part of our anthropology collections. Cat coffins and representations of the cat-headed goddess Bastet are among the ...

The team named the new genus Bastetodon partly in reference to the cat-headed ancient Egyptian goddess Bastet, in honor of where the specimen was unearthed and of the feline-like snout of the ...

In Bubastis, a city dedicated to the cat headed Egyptian goddess Bastet, a Roman was hanged for this very crime. He was part of a delegation to negotiate a treaty of friendship with the Pharaoh ...

In Egypt's Fayum Desert ... The researchers named the species after Bastet, the cat-headed goddess associated with protection and power. The suffix “-odon” means “tooth,” a nod to the ...

allowing entry for one pet cat per ticket. In ancient Egypt, the cat goddess Bastet was revered as a symbol of protection and spirituality. And such worship of Bastet has transcended time ...