The commonality of this form, and the dark coloration of the metal, lends to the popular impression of ancient Egyptian cats as black furred. If we turn to the less well-known record of Egyptian ...

Cats played an important role in ancient Egyptian culture—from domesticated animals ... the cat was tightly wrapped in linen and its features painted in black ink. Such mummies were offered to temples ...

If you've ever thought that people nowadays are a bit obsessed with cats, allow me to (re)introduce you to ancient Egyptian culture. Cats are reverently depicted throughout thousands of years of ...

If a black cat walked onto a ship and then walked off, the ship would sink on its next outing. It does seem that the influence of ancient Egyptians and their love for cats held over in some ...

The black cat was spotted in front of a gas fire when ... Spink auction house in London - renowned for its sales of Ancient Egyptian artefacts. It was Spink that in 1939 sold the estate of ...

Examination of Egyptian ... such as cats and crocodiles were given a far more careful and expensive trip to the afterlife than previously thought. Mummification was crucial to the ancient ...

Ancient Egyptians often mummified the remains of these animals, placing them in graves as funeral offerings. Painted sarcophagi for cobras and crocodiles were also uncovered. The cat mummies were ...

Ancient Egyptians regarded cats as the embodiment ... On a practical note, black cats were favored in the days of yore as mousers, as they could go unseen at night on account of their fur and ...

The results, which were shared in a study, proved that there are enough unique DNA similarities between the two for there to be royal descendants of ancient Egyptian cats among the domestic ...

Though we do have the Ancient Egyptians to thank for making those fierce predators into the house pets they are today. While they weren’t the only people who helped domesticate cats, they were ...

This Ancient Egyptian bronze statue from the Ptolemaic era once contained a mummified cat! Join Andrew as he takes viewers to look at a peculiar item in the Dr. Gabriel Manigault Collection at the ...