Egypt
Here is an article by Dr. Zahi Hawass about the cat Goddess Bastet.
http://www.guardians.net/hawass/articles/bastet.htm
- Exhibition: A Collector’s Menagerie
Art Daily The Sladmore Gallery, 57 Jermyn Street, St James’s, London, is renowned for exhibiting animal sculpture from the last 200 years, and has now invited Rupert Wace Ancient Art to introduce collectors to a veritable menagerie from the ancient...
- In The Field: Temple Of Berenike Discovered At Kom El Dikka
drhawass.com Press Release. With photos. An archaeological mission of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) led by Dr. Mohamed Abdel Maqsoud, Head of Antiquities of Lower Egypt, discovered the remains of a temple of Queen Berenike, the wife of king...
- General News / Opinion
The Whisper of Tombs asharq alawsat By Zahi Hawass Extract: In my opinion, the Israelite Exodus from Egypt will remain a point of controversy amongst scientists and researchers until the Day of Judgment or until new archaeological evidence is unearthed...
- Hawass Dig Days - Bastet The Cat
Al Ahram Weekly (Zahi Hawass) Tel Basta is an archaeological site in the city of Zagazig, in Sharqiya governorate. It was very important in ancient times because it was sacred to a goddess called Bastet, who took the form of a cat. Beginning in the Old...
- Picture Of The Singer Of Amun From Kv 64
Here is a short article with a picture of the coffin as found in the tomb in the Valley of Kings. The singer in the coffins name is Nehmes Bastet. Her name is associated with the cat god Bastet. Note the small stela next to the feet of the coffin....
Egypt
The Worship of Bastet
Here is an article by Dr. Zahi Hawass about the cat Goddess Bastet.
http://www.guardians.net/hawass/articles/bastet.htm
- Exhibition: A Collector’s Menagerie
Art Daily The Sladmore Gallery, 57 Jermyn Street, St James’s, London, is renowned for exhibiting animal sculpture from the last 200 years, and has now invited Rupert Wace Ancient Art to introduce collectors to a veritable menagerie from the ancient...
- In The Field: Temple Of Berenike Discovered At Kom El Dikka
drhawass.com Press Release. With photos. An archaeological mission of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) led by Dr. Mohamed Abdel Maqsoud, Head of Antiquities of Lower Egypt, discovered the remains of a temple of Queen Berenike, the wife of king...
- General News / Opinion
The Whisper of Tombs asharq alawsat By Zahi Hawass Extract: In my opinion, the Israelite Exodus from Egypt will remain a point of controversy amongst scientists and researchers until the Day of Judgment or until new archaeological evidence is unearthed...
- Hawass Dig Days - Bastet The Cat
Al Ahram Weekly (Zahi Hawass) Tel Basta is an archaeological site in the city of Zagazig, in Sharqiya governorate. It was very important in ancient times because it was sacred to a goddess called Bastet, who took the form of a cat. Beginning in the Old...
- Picture Of The Singer Of Amun From Kv 64
Here is a short article with a picture of the coffin as found in the tomb in the Valley of Kings. The singer in the coffins name is Nehmes Bastet. Her name is associated with the cat god Bastet. Note the small stela next to the feet of the coffin....