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2000-Year-Old Temple Dedicated to Egyptian Cat Goddess Bastet Discovered by Archeologists Near a Train Station
The Supreme Council of Antiquities in Egypt announced that archaeologists unearthed a 2,000-year-old temple that was ...
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Rare Egyptian skull sheds light on ‘fearsome’ new 30-million-year-old leopard-sized predator
Bastetodon was named for the cat-headed Egyptian goddess Bastet, who symbolized protection, pleasure, and good health. It was also an acknowledgment of its cat-like snout and the region where the ...
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Eight cat facts to give you paws for thought
1. Killing a cat in Ancient Egypt was not a good idea. In Bubastis, a city dedicated to the cat headed Egyptian goddess Bastet, a Roman was hanged for this very crime. He was part of a delegation ...
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Mummified Cat's Head
This Egyptian mummified cat's head is part of ... Cats were also given in offering to the cat goddess, Bast. Bast was the deity of protection, fertility and motherhood. The presence of this ...
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Frieze from the Great Temple of Bubastis
An Ancient Egyptian bas-relief block from the Great ... a hall built at the site to the west of the main temple of the goddess Bast. Excavated by Édouard Naville between 1887 and 1889.