Egyptian craftspeople mastered reliable rotary drilling more than two millennia before some of the best-preserved drill sets.” ...

Researchers have identified what may be the earliest known metal drill from ancient Egypt—and it was hidden in plain sight.

And so, ships had cats, and so did traders’ caravans, and some of these felines stepped out nimbly at ports and settled on different continents. Domestic cats around the world today, in fact, can be ...