Cat, Egyptian, Late Period–Ptolemaic Period, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (66.99.145) Metropolitan Museum of Art “In ancient times cats were worshiped as gods.

If you've ever thought that people nowadays are a bit obsessed with cats, allow me to (re)introduce you to ancient Egyptian culture. Cats are reverently depicted throughout thousands of years of ...

Cats appear in ancient Egyptian art and writings going back thousands of years. In fact, the Egyptians are credited for likely being the first society to live with and love domesticated felines.

Since an Egyptian bronze cat was installed at the St. Louis City Art Museum last month, attendance has increased rapidly. Last week the museum announced that the August total of visitors, 51,323, ...

Cats, beetles, other mummified animals found—along with a sealed door ... who often appears in Egyptian art as a woman with the head of a lioness or, after about 1000 BCE, ...

Such beauty is fragile, the museum responded, but he was welcome to copy her—so it is a replica of St. Louis’ “Cat” who grants Dorian’s wish that his painting age in his place. For the film (which ...

Fittingly, a bust of Sakhmet is the first object that greets visitors as they enter "Divine Felines: Cats of Ancient Egypt," an exhibition of Egyptian cat art opening October 14 at the Smithsonian ...

Whether they feature cat art or have resident felines, ... to an Egyptian cat amulet dating back to 1000 BCE and a petrified cat discovered in a 16th-century English chimney.

From Egyptian Cats to Crime Scenes, ... Smithsonian American Art Museum. Oaxaca-born artist Rufino Tamayo is the subject of the museum’s “Tamayo: The New York Years, ...

Cats are reverently depicted throughout thousands of years of ancient Egyptian art, not just as helpful rat catchers, but as ...