GEORGE CARLIN

• The ancient Egyptian reverence for cats is well-known - scientists found a cat cemetery in Beni-Hassan with 300,000 cat mummies. The Egyptian goddess of love, Bastet, has the head of a cat.
• Ancient Romans held a similar reverence for the cat, which were seen as a symbol of liberty....

• The Cat Returns (2002) is a fantasy story about a young girl who can talk to cats. After she saves an apparent street cat, she gets inducted into the world of the Cat Kingdom.
• Ponyo (2008) is the name of a goldfish found by a young boy, but in real...

Cats and humans have enjoyed a mostly symbiotic relationship for thousands of years. When and where cats first became domesticated has been a riddle for scientists.

• Some clues first came from the island of Cyprus in 1983, when archaeologists found a cat's jawbone dating back 8,000 ye...