Ancient Chinese villagers may have palled ... The earliest evidence of cat domestication comes from ancient Egypt, where paintings show kitties getting special treatment. As the sacred animal ...

This painting from the bottom ... into Chinese folk religion, Luo said. "Ancient Chinese people even performed specific religious rituals when bringing a cat into their homes, viewing them not ...

A woman participates in the 2013 Shanghai Pet Fair with her pet cat. Gao Erqiang/China Daily Although cats ... felines comes courtesy of Egyptian art dating back 4,000 years.

The researchers further carried out a survey of 33 paintings from the ... Wu forbade the keeping of cats in the palace following the threat. “Ancient Chinese people even performed specific ...

Housecat history has unexpectedly leapt from the Near East into ancient China. Small cats hunted grain-thieving ... human companions that appear in paintings from Egypt around 4,000 years ago.

If an ancient tomb mural in China ... the Song dynasty (960–1279). The painting, believed to depict Chinese zodiac animals, not only features a cat rather than a snake; it also shows the 12 ...

In order to welcome cats to the show without causing chaos, workers made sure the museum was cat-proof, according to the Art ... of Ancient Egypt” is on view at the Shanghai Museum in China ...

With a smart wristband and a mobile phone, Amaris Malfa, a young Bostonian, "walked" into the ancient Chinese painting An Era in Jinling, and even interacted with the people depicted therein.

Ancient Chinese villagers may have palled ... The earliest evidence of cat domestication comes from ancient Egypt, where paintings show kitties getting special treatment. As the sacred animal ...