Egyptian archaeologists unearthed the remains of an ancient Greek temple dedicated to Egyptian cat goddess Bastet in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria, the antiquities department said Tuesday. The ...

There’s no doubt scientific cat facts are endlessly fascinating, but learning about the way cats were treated in Ancient Egypt is something special. Case in point: This video from New Historia, which ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. A 2200-year-old temple that may have been dedicated to the ancient Egyptian cat god Bastet has been unearthed in Alexandria. The ruins ...

CAIRO, Egypt — In the times of the ancient pharoahs, the cat was almost an equal of the gods. Pilgrims would place mummified cats around statues of cat-headed goddess Bastet, along with written ...

Sobek, crocodile-headed god of the Nile; Sekhmet, leonine goddess of war; Anubis, jackal god of the underworld; and Hathor, mother goddess with a cow’s horns: The ancient Egyptian pantheon of gods was ...

AN EGYPT worker has revealed the strange encounter he witnessed after excavating a tomb that has been linked with the cat Goddess of the ancient civilisation. Said to be cast upon anyone who disturbs ...

Ancient Egyptians were serious cat people, if a discovery in a tomb near Cairo is any indication. On Saturday, Egypt's Ministry of Antiquities announced that a team of archaeologists had uncovered ...