Tucked away in the mountains of North Carolina, a quirky treasure awaits cat lovers and curious travelers alike. The American ...

Archaeologists have unearthed a trove of artifacts at the necropolis of Saqqara near Cairo. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

The DNA from archaeological cat remains is being tested in an effort to solve the mystery of cat domestication. Scientists have known for a while that feline domestication has come about in a way that ...

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 ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) – A new exhibit at the de Young Museum in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park will highlight the life and accomplishments of Ramses II, featuring rare gold and recently discovered ...

It sounds like the beginnings of a detective tale: researchers in the UK recently scanned 300 animal mummies from Egypt only to discover that a full third held no bodies. Instead of bones, they found ...

(CNN) — To date, tens of millions of animal mummies have been unearthed in Egypt. But while there are millions of mummified cats, dogs, ibises and birds of prey, primate mummies are rare — and little ...

In a time of bio-metrics, and DNA testing, it may not be surprising that Egypt is working to better identify some of its most famous dead people. Scientists are checking all of Egypt's royal mummies.