For the final two years of the study, the researchers will be dissecting the genetic secrets of their large collection of Egyptian cat mummies. They want to compare the DNA of these cats with ...

A mummified ice age cub discovered in Siberia is exceptionally preserved, providing the first view of what saber-toothed cats ...

For the final phase of the study, the researchers are examining Egyptian cat mummies. When six complete cat skeletons from a ...

The secret life of cat mummies For the final two years of the study, the researchers will be dissecting the genetic secrets of their large collection of Egyptian cat mummies. They want to ...

The Field Museum also had conversations with Egyptian representatives about returning the mummies to Egypt, but those officials requested that the mummies remain on display at the Chicago museum ...

He displayed some 10,000 cat-themed artifacts at the American Museum of the House Cat in North Carolina, which welcomed ...

X-ray scans have finally answered the mystery of how a famous Egyptian mummy was placed inside a coffin with no opening. Scientists were able to see into Lady Chenet-aa's sarcophagus for the first ...

Chicago’s Field Museum is home to over a dozen ancient Egyptian mummies but one in particular has perplexed researchers for years. Now, the mystery of Lady Chenet-aa’s burial procedure appears ...

For the first time, researchers were able to see inside the mummies in the Chicago Field Museum’s collections. Their findings paint a more comprehensive picture of ancient Egyptian life Julia ...