A motorcycle club founder in Nanaimo wants to show off some of the tattoos underneath her biker gear. Shelby Johnston, one of ...

Genetic analysis still points to the North African wildcat as the closest living relative to today’s domestic cat. Egyptian cat mummies dating from 500 to 0 B.C.E. remain the oldest confirmed examples ...

Because of its cat-like teeth structure, the team decided to call it Bastetodon, after the cat-headed ancient Egyptian goddess Bastet, who symbolizes protection, pleasure, and good health.

Bastetodon was named for the cat-headed Egyptian goddess Bastet, who symbolized protection, pleasure, and good health. It was also an acknowledgment of its cat-like snout and the region where the ...

Of the many Egyptian deities, Bastet—the goddess of cats and daughter of the sun god Re—is one of the most recognizable. Her existence proves that felines were revered in Ancient Egypt.

Some of the artifacts on display are connected to a temple found several years ago in Saqqara dedicated to Bastet, an Egyptian goddess often depicted as a cat. “Egyptian archaeological teams ...

It was a good overlap of Egyptian and Chinese society.” The show includes the Bastet temple, devoted to a cat goddess. “Much of the show has to do with cats,” Chu says.

The cat head, narrow figure, and elongated appendages reference the Ancient Egyptian cat goddess Bastet, who is said to have protected Lower Egypt from disease and evil spirits as well as being ...

SHANGHAI — 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 ...