But that idea was shaken by the discovery of a more-than 9,000-year-old grave on the island of Cyprus, where a cat was buried alongside a human. The age of the burial predates any known Egyptian ...

The Chausie descends from the Felis chaus, or jungle cat, often depicted in ancient Egyptian art. They are considered among the wild-type cats linked to Egypt. 3. Abyssinian Although the ...