Bubastis necropolis

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Bubastis necropolis is an ancient Egyptian burial ground at Bubastis in the Nile Delta, notable for its tombs and monuments from the Third Intermediate Period and later dynasties.

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instanceOf ancient Egyptian necropolis
archaeological site
archaeologicalExcavationsBy Egyptian archaeologists
foreign archaeological missions
associatedWithCity Tell Basta NERFINISHED
associatedWithDeity Bastet NERFINISHED
chronologicalRangeStart Third Intermediate Period NERFINISHED
contains animal necropolis area
cat burials
funerary monuments
rock-cut tombs
shaft tombs
tombs
culturalContext ancient Egyptian funerary practices
ancient Egyptian religion
hasFeature clustered family tombs
elite burials
non-royal burials
votive deposits
hasMaterialCulture canopic jars
coffins
funerary amulets
inscribed stelae
shabti figurines
languageOfInscriptions Ancient Egyptian
locatedIn Bubastis NERFINISHED
Nile Delta NERFINISHED
locatedInCountry Egypt NERFINISHED
near Temple of Bastet at Bubastis NERFINISHED
partOf ancient city of Bubastis
wider funerary landscape of the eastern Nile Delta
religion ancient Egyptian polytheism
researchTopic interaction between temple and necropolis at Bubastis
regional variation in Egyptian burial customs
significance evidence for cult of Bastet
important source for study of Third Intermediate Period burials
timeDepth from Third Intermediate Period onward
usedAs burial ground
usedDuringPeriod Late Period of Egypt NERFINISHED
Ptolemaic Period NERFINISHED
Roman Period in Egypt NERFINISHED
Third Intermediate Period of Egypt NERFINISHED

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Twenty-third Dynasty of Egypt associatedSite Bubastis necropolis