Bubastis

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Bubastis was an ancient Egyptian city in the Nile Delta best known as a major cult center of the cat goddess Bastet.

Aliases (2)

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Egyptian city
archaeological site
ancientEgyptianName Per-Bast
Per-Bastet
archaeologicalExcavationsBy Édouard Naville
containsRemainsOf cat necropolis
granite blocks and statues
temple precincts
country Egypt
culturalAssociation cats in ancient Egyptian religion
declinePeriod Ptolemaic period
Roman period
describedBy Herodotus
describedInWork Histories
excavationStartCentury 19th century
festivalDescriptionByHerodotus one of the most popular and joyous festivals in Egypt
flourishedDuring Late Period of ancient Egypt
Third Intermediate Period of ancient Egypt
governorate Sharqia Governorate
greekName Boubastis
hasFeature processional ways
sacred lake
hasTempleDedicatedTo Bastet
importantInDynasty Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt
Twenty-third Dynasty of Egypt
knownFor festivals of Bastet
grand temple of Bastet
laterUse quarry for building materials
locatedEastOf Nile River main course
locatedIn Lower Egypt
Nile Delta
majorCultCenterOf Bastet
cat goddess Bastet
modernSiteName Tell Basta
nearModernCity Zagazig
notableRulerAssociated Osorkon I
Osorkon II
Shoshenq I
politicalRole royal residence during the Twenty-second Dynasty
primaryDeity Bastet
region eastern Nile Delta
religiousFunction center of the cult of Bastet
pilgrimage site in ancient Egypt
sacredAnimal cat
situatedOn Pelusiac branch of the Nile
timePeriod Bronze Age
Iron Age
UNESCOTentativeListStatus part of Tell Basta archaeological area (Egyptian tentative listings)
worshipPractices mummification of cats for votive offerings

Referenced by (4)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Lower Egypt
contains
Bastet ("Feast of Bubastis")
festival
Bubastis ("Boubastis")
greekName
Bastet
majorCultCenter

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