Since the far-off times of Ancient Egypt, women and cats have been aligned in art and culture ... particularly her big orange cat Raminou. On Fridays, she fed her “good Catholic cats” caviar ...

Orange cats have been around for millennia. Evidence of ginger cats can be seen in Egyptian tomb art, and some mummified cats appear to have had ginger coats. Despite their ubiquity in pop culture ...

The iconic image of an Egyptian cat arises from objects such as the leaded bronze statuette from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, pictured below. Numerous statuettes such as this were made during ...

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 ...

"One idea is to study ancient Egyptian cat paintings—or even to test DNA from mummified cats—to see if any cats back then were orange," Sasaki said. "It's ambitious, but I’m excited to try." ...

If internet cat videos and memes are any indication ... own permanent collection and curator of Ancient Egyptian, Nubian and Near Eastern Art (and dog owner) Melinda Hartwig’s supplementary ...

It wouldn’t be a cats listicle without a mention of ancient Egypt. The pharaohs were known ... French filmmaker Chris Marker’s remarkable art house documentary Sans Soleil (1983).

He's also curious about the orange gene's origins, such as where and when the mutation happened. "One idea is to study ancient Egyptian cat paintings—or even to test DNA from mummified cats—to ...