Eventually, some ancient Egyptians likely welcomed the cats home as adorable pet companions, they say. The domestication and spread of animals driven by cults is not uncommon. For instance, previous ...

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Cats certainly traveled long distances: DNA from Egyptian cats has been found as far as a Viking site in northern ... but they were also sacrificed in large numbers during religious rituals. Bastet, a ...

The winners are below. I’m Pharaoh Thutmose, and this is my tomb, So you’d better push off or I’ll spell out your doom, In which I shall call on our Egyptian gods To come and sort out you inquisitive ...

The limestone tomb chamber, dating to about 3,600 years ago, of an unknown ancient Egyptian king, discovered during excavations by Penn Museum and Egyptian archeologists, is seen in Abydos ...

Six Russian tourists were killed on Thursday after a viewing submarine sank near the Egyptian resort city of Hurghada, according to the local governor. Maj. Gen. Amr Hanafy confirmed the deaths in ...

And according to a new study, Egyptian hunters specifically killed them just to sacrifice them ... “There are falcon mummies associated with the god Horus, cat mummies for Bastet, dog mummies for ...

The pyramids of Khafre, center, and Khufu (Cheops) on the Giza plateau, on the outskirts of the Egyptian capital Cairo, on February 25, 2025. The pyramids of Khafre, center, and Khufu (Cheops ...