The story of how the Ancient goddess, Bastet, went from "fierce lion" to "fluffy cat" will help you understand the true majesty of your own felines.

A 2200-year-old temple that may have been dedicated to the ancient Egyptian cat god Bastet has been unearthed in Alexandria.

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 ...

From cats to cows to crocodiles, ancient Egyptians worshipped many animal gods As 3,000 years of art and sculpture reveal, the divine menagerie of ancient Egypt reflects the rich and varied ...

Bast was a popular Egyptian goddess, often depicted as a cat or a cat-headed woman, who protected the family against disease and demons.

Shanghai Museum has pulled in crowds this summer for an exhibition of ancient Egyptian relics including cat statues and other feline imagery, and which on Saturday nights allows up to 200 visitors to ...

Cat statues on display, at an ancient necropolis near Egypt’s famed pyramids in Saqqara, Giza, Egypt, Saturday, Nov. 10, 2018. A top Egyptian antiquities official says local archaeologists have ...

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 ...