An unwanted bronze cat which was retrieved from the dustbin has sold for $80,000 at auction. The bronze bust is thought to be some 2,500 years old and originated in Egypt, reports the BBC .

This Ancient Egyptian bronze statue from the Ptolemaic era once contained a mummified cat! Join Andrew as he takes viewers to look at a peculiar item in the Dr. Gabriel Manigault Collection at the ...

Ancient Egyptian bronze cat salvaged from bin Close. A rare artefact from ancient Egypt nearly ended up in the bin, as its owners cleared out a relative's house in Cornwall thinking it was junk.

The ancient bronze bust nearly ended up in the bin, as Jon Kay reports. An Egyptian bronze cat that was nearly thrown in a skip has been sold at auction for £52,000.

The popular perception of ancient Egyptian cats has been driven by which monuments happen to survive to present day, but an examination of additional data reveals a striped surprise.

Amongst the discoveries found on May 30, 2022 there we many statuettes and figurines depicting cats and Egyptian deities. This included a cache of 150 bronze statues depicting various gods and ...

Ancient Egyptians were serious cat people, if a discovery in a tomb near Cairo is any indication. On Saturday, Egypt’s Ministry of Antiquities announced that a team of archaeologists had ...

A statue made of bronze showing Bastet, an Egyptian goddess who appears in the shape of a cat, was also discovered, the ministry said. In ancient Egyptian mythology, Bastet had a multitude of powers.

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, ...

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 ...

Ancient Egyptian bronze cat salvaged from bin Close. A rare artefact from ancient Egypt nearly ended up in the bin, as its owners cleared out a relative's house in Cornwall thinking it was junk.