] An elaborate Neolithic burial site uncovered in the
] Shillourokambos settlement on the Mediterranean island of
] Cyprus reveals that the friendship between cats and
] humans may go back 9,500 years. Prior to the discovery,
] Egyptians were thought to be the first to keep cats as
] pets, around 2,000 to 1,900 BC.

I found this story heart-warming. :)

CNN.com - Ancient burial looks like human and pet cat