Temple Cats In 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 today. The ruins of the ...

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Morning Overview on MSN: Rare circular Egyptian temple found; site may have hosted water rites

Beneath the farmland and rising water table of Egypt’s Nile Delta, a team of researchers has identified something that shouldn’t be there: a circular temple structure at Bubastis, the ancient city ...

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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. The ruins of ...

Egypt said Tuesday that its archaeologists have unearthed a Ptolemaic-era temple dating back more than 2,000 years, that may have been dedicated to the ancient cat goddess, Bastet. The Supreme Council ...

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Fox News: Ancient Greek Temple Dedicated to Cat Goddess Unearthed in Egypt

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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. The ...

National Geographic news: How Egypt’s ancient city of divine cats was rediscovered

—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 streets ...

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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. The ruins of the ...

Smithsonian Magazine: Hundreds of Curious Cats Contemplated Ancient Egyptian Artifacts During a Series of ‘Meowseum Nights’ in China