A newly discovered gene, Arhgap36, explains the rare orange coloring in cats and why most are male. It could have effects ...

Baboons, cats, birds, and crocodiles, which also had great religious significance, were sometimes mummified, especially in the later dynasties. Ancient writers, modern scientists, and the mummies ...

Egyptian cat mummies dating from 500 to 0 B.C.E. remain the oldest confirmed ... But it could be that cats were tamed incidentally as part of a large-scale religious industry. In ancient Egypt, people ...

They were feline—ancient cats that had been mummified ... a distance of 5,000-plus years, the ancient Egyptians become people." Today the animal mummies are one of the most popular exhibits ...

His vision: was to get children interested in ancient Egypt. Two years later, his idea has taken shape in the form of Pharaoh ...

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

Researchers Discover World's First Egyptian Mummy Who Was Pregnant at Time ... Do You Think Your Cat Is Related to the Royal Cats of Ancient Egypt? Research Says Maybe You're Right (Exclusive ...

In addition to crocodiles, the ancient Egyptians mummified millions ... “There are falcon mummies associated with the god Horus, cat mummies for Bastet, dog mummies for Anubis, ibis mummies ...

Centuries after the first golden coffins were taken to Europe, ancient Egyptian mummies still vividly capture people’s imaginations. Perhaps we’re awed by the grandeur of their rituals and tradition.

The ancient ... Egyptian power. This was roughly two millennia after the Giza pyramids were built during the Old Kingdom period and six centuries after pharaoh Tutankhamen – whose mummy and ...