Tell Basta

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Tell Basta is an archaeological site in the Nile Delta of Egypt that preserves the remains of the ancient city of Bubastis, once a major cult center of the cat goddess Bastet.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city site
archaeological site
ancientLanguage Ancient Egyptian
ancientLanguageName Per-Bast
ancientName Bubastis
associatedDeity Bastet
connectedBy ancient canals
country Arab Republic of Egypt
linked to: Egypt
excavatedBy Édouard Naville
excavationStartCentury 19th century
flourishedDuring Late Period of ancient Egypt
Third Intermediate Period
hasArchaeologicalFind cat burials
cat mummies
inscriptions
statues
temple ruins
hasArchaeologicalLayer Graeco-Roman period
Pharaonic period
hasFeature residential quarters
sacred lake
temple precinct
hasPeriodOfOccupation Late Period
Middle Kingdom
New Kingdom
Old Kingdom
Ptolemaic Period
linked to: Ptolemaic Kingdom

Roman Period
linked to: Roman Antiquity

Third Intermediate Period
hasType tell
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List site
knownFor cat cult
temple of Bastet
locatedIn Nile Delta
locatedInCountry Egypt
locatedInGovernorate Sharqia Governorate
locatedNear Zagazig
locatedOn Pelusiac branch of the Nile
majorCultCenterOf Bastet
mentionedBy Herodotus
nearbyModernSettlement Basta village
partOf Lower Egypt
preservesRemainsOf Bubastis
region Eastern Nile Delta
linked to: Nile Delta
religiousSignificance center of Bastet worship
UNESCOTentativeListStatus yes
wasCapitalOf Bubastite nome

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Bubastis modernSiteName Tell Basta