While keeping the long-dead crocodilian intact, McKnight and her team also “virtually” recreated the bronze hook lodged in ...

WARNING: Some readers will find this content and pictures distressing. An investigation into the treatment of animals around ...

The discovery was made near the remains of a mummified adult lion, which was found underneath the Saqqara necropolis in 2004.

While it is common to see cats in modern households, cats are among the most recently domesticated animals. Archaeological ...

Every fossil find and genetic study tweaks what we think we know about the timeline or the circumstances under which ...

MUMMIFICATION of sacred animals is a familiar practice in the annals of Ancient Egypt, especially in the later periods. A discovery of what is thought to be the earliest known example of the ...

Sheba pet food is searching for a domestic cat in the U.S. with links to the feline nobility of ancient Egypt Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013.