although it actually depicted the Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep III; and in early Egyptology, all such statues were called "Memnons." The term "younger" was used to differentiate it from others ...

Who is this diva? Why, it's “La Grande Dame (The Cat Woman),” the star of Sotheby’s Modern Evening Sale in New York.

Bastet, the Egyptian goddess of motherhood and fertility, famously sported a feline face. Even today, one of the oldest domesticated cat breeds in the world, the Egyptian Mau, traces its origins ...

EU researchers are testing DNA from archaeological cat remains to help unravel the tale of cat domestication. It probably ...

A miniature statue of the Egyptian cat goddess Bast; twin to the one that C.J. Breaks, to great diplomatic embarrassment. Someone passes information to the press, prompting a hunt to find the leak.

The most significant sculpture ever created by Leonora Carrington will be offered at Sotheby’s this November during the ...

Scans of mummies at Chicago’s Field Museum of Natural History uncovered new details about how they were prepared for the afterlife and helped solve a baffling mystery.

The excavation revealed a wealth of unique jewelry in the female burials, including necklaces, bracelets, chains, rings, and ...

Some sculptures and statues even had cat-like heads, with deities sharing ... Cats are also depicted in Middle Eastern and ...

This is the mummy of Hornedjitef an Egyptian priest who was buried in a coffin, within a second, outer coffin. Examining his body using CAT scans and X-rays revealed that he suffered from ...

The secret life of cat mummies For the final two years of the study, the researchers will be dissecting the genetic secrets of their large collection of Egyptian cat mummies. They want to ...