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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Tell Basta canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bubastis → modernSiteName → Tell Basta ⓘ
Basta village → nearby → Tell Basta ⓘ