When archaeologists unearthed small cat bones in China dating back some 5,400 years, they figured cats had been hanging out ...

A newly identified crocodile relative from Egypt pushes back the origins of the marine-hunting dyrosaurids by millions of years. The fossil, Wadisuchus kassabi, shows a mix of primitive and advanced ...

The domestic cat may be a far more recent arrival to Europe than previously thought, arriving roughly 2000 years ago and not because of the Paleolithic expansion of Near East farmers. The findings ...

Modern tools and good old-fashioned digging revealed royal tombs, World War II shipwrecks, and the oldest Egyptian genome ...

Koshary – a spicy dish of lentils, rice and pasta available at countless Egyptian food stalls – won recognition as a cultural ...

The inundation of water was more than just provision for crops and fields: the Egyptians called the event the coming of Hapy, god of abundance and fertility. THE PERFECT AMOUNTEgyptians needed the ...

If you’ve ever lived with a cat, you know they’re often an enigma. That said, scientists may have solved an enduring mystery about these lovable felines—with answers that could narrow down when cats ...

Researchers have found that domestic cats “did not spread to Europe with Neolithic farmers [in West Asia]” as earlier ...

In this new study, a team analyzed the genomes of 70 ancient cats, dating back over the last 11,000 years (from about 9000 ...

No historical evidence exists to tell us who sang the first song, or made the first rhythmic sounds that resembled music.

Egypt is one of those places where every sunrise feels like a storybook opening. From golden deserts to buzzing bazaars, from ...

New DNA studies show domestic cats originated in North Africa and spread later than believed, while ancient China lived alongside a different wild feline long before housecats arrived.