Southeast of the modern Egyptian city of Zagazig are the red granite ruins of a city sacred to the followers of the cat goddess Bastet.She was worshipped for thousands of years in ancient Egypt ...

CAIRO — Archaeologists have unearthed a 2,000-year-old temple that may have been dedicated to the ancient Egyptian cat goddess, Bastet, the Supreme Council of Antiquities said Tuesday.

January 21, 2010—This limestone feline is among some 600 cat statues from a newfound temple dedicated to the Egyptian cat goddess Bastet. The ancient temple was recently discovered under the ...

The story of how the Ancient goddess, Bastet, went from "fierce lion" to "fluffy cat" will help you understand the true majesty of your own felines. The post How Bastet, Warrior Goddess of ...

Egyptian archaeologists unearthed the remains of an ancient Greek temple dedicated to Egyptian cat goddess Bastet in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria, the antiquities department said Tuesday ...

Egypt’s ambassador to Canada Ahmed Abu-Zeid received on Tuesday a bronze statue of the goddess Bastet dating back to ancient Egyptian civilization during a small ceremony at the ambassador’s residence ...

This included a cache of 150 bronze statues depicting various gods and goddesses including Bastet, Anubis, Osiris, Amunmeen, Isis, Nefertum and Hathor. (Image credit: Photo by KHALED DESOUKI/AFP ...

An Egyptian statue "grave" filled with figurines of deities and mythical creatures ranging from ... a head and a partial statuette featuring the cat goddess Bastet; 14 statues and figurines ...

Shanghai Museum has pulled in crowds this summer for an exhibition of ancient Egyptian relics including cat statues and other feline imagery, and which on Saturday nights allows up to 200 visitors to ...

Unraveling the complex history of the mysterious statue. by SLM Staff April 19, 2018 at 4:00 AM January 19, 2025. Illustration by Britt Spencer. A sleek, proud bronze created in honor of the Egyptian ...

Reuters. A cat visitor prepares to have its photo taken in front of a statue depicting the cat goddess Bastet at Shanghai Museum's "Meow Night", in Shanghai, China, August 31, 2024.

Bastet’s essential transformation, which Historia says took place around 3,000 years ago, saw the gentle warrior goddess go from woman with the head of a lioness to full-blown domesticated cat. ...