Self-tormenting practices were all the rage in ancient Byzantium, from wearing chains to living on top of small pillars—and ...

The Egyptian zodiac system has 12 signs, each connected to specific dates in the year and is named after an Egyptian god (except for one).

New research suggests the engraving, which shows an elite individual sitting in a boat, may be up to 5,100 years old ...

As statues dedicated to Bastet tended to be in more arable areas, the rodent-killing benefits of cats may have proven useful ...

From mid-November onwards, the Hong Kong Palace Museum will host the ‘Ancient Egypt Unveiled: Treasures from Egyptian Museums’ exhibition. Our museum has signed an agreement with the Supreme Council ...

Ancient depictions of the Egyptian sky goddess may represent one of the earliest visual interpretations of the Milky Way galaxy, a new study suggests.

Archaeologists discover secret behind why we keep cats as pets - Temples dedicated to Egyptian goddess Bastet have been found around vast ancient arable lands ...

For decades, scientists believed the domestic cat first wandered into European life alongside the continent’s early farmers.

Scientists now suspect that domesticated forms of wildcats in ancient Egypt, before cats were tamed to be pets, were actually first sacrificed in mass cult rituals for Bastet, bringing the origins ...

The researchers named the leopard-size species Bastetodon syrtos as a nod to the cat-headed ancient Egyptian goddess Bastet because of the species’ unique shorter snout compared with other ...