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	Bubastis - LoveToKnow 1911
		Bubastis, capital of the 19th nome of Lower Egypt, is now represented by a great mound of ruins called Tell Basta, near Zagazig, including the site of a large temple (described by Herodotus) strewn with blocks of granite.
		Herodotus describes the festival of Bubastis, which was attended by thousands from all parts of Egypt and was a very riotous affair; it has its modern equivalent in the Moslem festival of the sheikh Said el Badawi at Tanta.
		The tablet of Canopus shows that there were two festivals of Bubastis, the great and the lesser: perhaps the lesser festival was!held at Memphis, where the quarter called Ankhto contained a temple to this goddess.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Bubastis (470 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - Planet Bubastis
		The planet Bubastis (with a capital of the same name) is covered with desert, but rivers rich in vitality run down from the rocky crags to the life-filled oceans.
		Bubastis was even the capital of Egypt for a time during the Late Period, and some pharaohs took her name in their king-names.
		Herodotus' description of her temple at Bubastis is that of a place of great splendor and beauty, rivaled only by the temples to Ra and Horus.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/A3273581 (1339 words)

	Bubastis. Egypt's greatest orgy
		The main temple area of Bubastis, with the modern city of Zagazig in the background.
		It was for centuries the centre of the largest annual orgy of all of the eastern Mediterranean, perhaps the entire world.
		The history of Bubastis goes back to the great pyramid builder Khufu, and lasted for a long period of time.
	www.lexicorient.com /egypt/bubastis.htm (167 words)

	THE SHRINE OF BAST
		In the Late Period Bubastis was the capital of Egypt for a dynasty, and a few kings took Her name into their royal titles.
		Bubastis was made famous by the traveler Herodotus in the 4th century BC, when he described in his annals one of the festivals that takes place in honor of Bastet.
		She is depicted most commonly as a woman with the head of a domesticated or wild cat or lion, or as a cat itself.
	www.isismoontemple.com /temple08tbast.html (519 words)

	Bastet
		Bubastis was made famous by the traveler Herodotus in the 4th century BCE, when he described in his annals one of the festivals that takes place in honor of Bastet.
		Because the Greeks equated Bastet with Diana and Artemis and Horus with Apollo, Bastet became adopted into the Osiris-Isis myth as their daughter (this association, however, was never made previous to the arrival of Hellenistic influence on Egypt).
		She is stated to be the mother of the lion-headed god Mihos (who was also worshipped in Bubastis, along with Thoth).
	www.pantheon.org /articles/b/bastet.html (329 words)

	Lion Tracks Photo QnA -- Bubastis and the false cat-god (goddess) of Egypt: Bast.
		Bubastis was a city of Lower Egypt located on the west bank of the Pelusiac branch (the easternmost branch) of the Nile, located approximately 40 miles from Memphis and thirty miles north-northeast of Cairo.
		It is not improbable that God singled out Bubastis (and by association the goddess Bast) solely to show that He was far greater than this deity-who-is-not that claimed to be capable of punishing other nations and their gods.
		Bubastis was certainly not a minor town in its' day, as there are historic suggestions that it may even have been the temporary capital of Egypt during the 22nd and 23rd dynasties.
	www.bibleistrue.com /qna/pqna26.htm (2611 words)

	Bubastis - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Bubastis, ancient Egyptian city, in the Nile River delta, near the modern city of Zagazig; its ruins are now known as Tell Basta.
		The Hyksos introduced the horse into Egypt; their easy conquest of Egypt was probably due to their use of such advanced military equipment as...
		The 21st to 24th dynasties are considered the Third Intermediate period, a span of more than 350 years, with rulers at Sais, Tanis, and Bubastis in...
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Bubastis.html (89 words)

	bast (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Bubastis, also known as "Tell Basta" or "Per Bastet" is located just a few miles northeast of present day Cairo.
		Bubastis reached its peak during the 22nd dynasty when it may have been the capitol of Egypt.
		In addition to temples, there were several important officials who built their tombs at Bubastis during the late 19th and early 20th dynasties.
	www.uwm.edu /Course/egypt/0100/LOCATS/bast.htm (273 words)

	Al-Ahram Weekly \| Heritage \| Ancient capital laid to waste
		Bubastis was the capital of a major Delta city where the animal sacred to the goddess Bastet was a cat.
		The ancient city of Bubastis provides an example of how an important ancient Egyptian Delta city was slowly and systematically destroyed in modern times until little remained amidst Zagazig's urban expansion apart from miscellaneous architectural elements, broken stelae and statues.
		In the 1970s, when the University of Zagazig undertook excavation of the surviving remains and a cat cemetery was found to the north, the idea of developing a museum compound was considered, but proved to be words on paper.
	weekly.ahram.org.eg /2005/738/he1.htm (1911 words)

	Bubastis - Definition, explanation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Bubastis is an Ancient Egyptian city, located along the River Nile in the Delta region of Lower Egypt.
		It was a center of worship for the feline goddess Bast (also called Bastet (emphasising the feminine ending t), or even Bubastis (after the city)), and it served as the capital of the nome of Am-Khent, the 18th nome of Lower Egypt.
		Bubastis was at its height during this dynasty and the 23rd.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/b/bu/bubastis.php (398 words)

	The Bast-Hemet of URAEUS: Gods of Egypt
		The Bubastis were a shapechanger race living around the Lower-Egyptian city which took their name.
		While the Bubastis didn't practiced orgias as did the romans thousands years after, they viewed sex as one of the great pleasures of life, and this philosophy was deeply implanted in the priesthood, even the Undead, who shared their blood often.
		And as the good of the Bubastis and the good of Egypt is, for now, the same thing, they work hard for Egypt, in their own, lazy way.
	www.augias.org /uraeus/bh.htm (1159 words)

	Bubastis
		In addition, Bubastis is very arcanely energized, much like a mage, and so many of her activities slip by unnoticed by the less sensitive public.
		Merits: Bubastis' many long lives (27 of them, at last count) has given her a great deal of experience and wisdom to draw upon, especially in giving good advice and watching for danger.
		As a spirit familiar, she requires a regular diet of Quintessence to maintain herself within the cat's body she currently inhabits: this is given to her every week by Felicia, in the form of a drop of Felicia's blood mixed with a saucer of milk.
	www.sff.net /people/terryo'brien/characters/bubastis.htm (349 words)

	Bubastis
		Bubastis was a city in the Delta (eastern Part), it first began its rise to prominence in the 4th Dynasty - it continued to be populated into the Roman Period.
		Bubastis claimed the height of its prosperity in the 22nd Dynasty when Sheshonq I became Pharaoh (he was from Bubastis).
		Due to the amount of damage suffered by the temple over the years it is not possible for an exact plan of the temple to be produced.
	members.tripod.com /~ib205/bubastis.html (672 words)

	Bast Egyptian Statues \| Sekhem - Egyptian statues, jewelry, herbs, incense and more.
		Feline figures may display a scarab, the symbol of the rising sun, engraved on the head or breast thus showing their solar significance.
		Hundreds of figures were set up as votive offerings in the temple of Bast at Bubastis in order that the donor might share in the Goddess's grace.
		Hundreds of figures were set up as votive offerings in the temple at Bubastis in order that the donor might share in the Goddess's grace.
	www.sekhemonline.net /bast.php (549 words)

	EgyptSites - Tell Basta
		Tell Basta is the modern name for the site of Per-Bastet (the 'Domain of Bastet'), named in ancient times as the home of the cult of the cat-goddess Bastet, a daughter of the sun-god who took on the role of a protective mother-goddess and was associated with fertility.
		It was visited in the 5th century BC by the Greek historian Herodotus, who described the town as having a beautiful temple on low ground in the centre of the city and surrounded by tree-lined canals, giving it the appearance of being on an island.
		Bubastis may once have been the place where thousands of pilgrims came to sing and dance the festival of Bastet, but today it resembles little more than a derelict area on the edge of the urban sprawl of the town of Zagazig.
	www.egyptsites.co.uk /lower/delta/eastern/basta.html (1677 words)

	Per-Heh - Bast (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Bast's center for worship was at Bubastis in the north-eastern Delta.
		In the fifth century BC, the Greek historian Herodotus proclaimed that the festival of Bast in Bubastis as one of the most elaborate festivals in all of Egypt, and gives Her the name Artemis.
		During the festival, the shaking of sistra (sacred rattles) was a sign of jubilation to Bast.
	www.per-heh.org /topics/ntrw-gods-and-goddesses-of-ancient-egypt/bast.html (557 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Bubastis
		A titular see of Lower Egypt, on the right bank of the Pelusiac branch of the Nile, near the modern Zagâzig, where its ruins are shown under the name of Tell Bastah.
		It was a place of importance under the twenty-third dynasty about 950-750 B.C. When the eastern part of Lower Egypt was divided into Augustamnica Prima in the north and Augustamnica Secunda in the south,
		Bubastis was included in the latter, whose capital was
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/03025b.htm (234 words)

	Bubastis - Encyclopedia.com
		Bubastis, ancient city, NE Egypt, in the Nile delta, near the modern Zagazig.
		Capital of Egypt in the XXII and XXIII dynasties, it began to decline after the second Persian conquest (343 BC).
		Bubastis was the center of the worship of the lion-headed (or cat-headed) goddess Bast.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-Bubastis.html (355 words)

	Bastet Ancient Egyptian Cat Goddess
		Worshiped in the Delta city of Bubastis and usually depicted as a cat or in human form with the head of a cat, Bast was seen as a protector of cats and those who cared for them.
		[2] As they travel by river to Bubastis, whenever they come near any other town they bring their boat near the bank; then some of the women do as I have said, while some shout mockery of the women of the town; others dance, and others stand up and lift their skirts.
		It is customary for men and women (but not children) to assemble there to the number of seven hundred thousand, as the people of the place say.
	inanna.virtualave.net /bastet.html (1441 words)

	Bastet
		When the people are on their way to Bubastis, they go by river, a great number in every boat, men and women together.
		Her cult centre was in Bubastis (the temple is now in ruins, but it was made of red granite with a sacred grove in the centre, with the shrine of the goddess herself...
		The papyrus wand is a significant and slightly baffling item for her to be holding, as this item usually signifies a "first" or primordial god such as Ma'at and Tefnut (both of whom are daughters of Ra and Tem, respectively).
	www.linsdomain.com /gods&goddesses/bastet.htm (1798 words)

	AboutBubastis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Egyptians considered cats to be sacred, and worshipped the Cat Goddess Bast, daughter of the Sun God Ra and protector of cats, women and children.
		Bast's center of worship was the city of Bubastis, east of the Nile delta.
		Besides shelter, food and water, we provide veterinary care for the sick and injured, spaying/neutering for adults, and a nurturing environment for all.
	www.meowornever.com /AboutBubastis.html (588 words)

	Ordo Templi Orientis : Bubastis Camp : Calendar
		Anyone may be a member of the Bubastis Camp yet membership at Bubastis does not necessarily include membership in the O.T.O. Members may pay dues in one lump-sum yearly or it may be paid on a monthly basis.
		Bubastis Camp welcomes private donations from all individuals including members and non-members.
		The viewpoints and opinions expressed herein are the responsibility of the contributing authors.
	www.bubastis.org /treasury.php (537 words)

	BUBASTIS - Online Information article about BUBASTIS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		animal of Bubastis, although it had also to serve for all the other feline goddesses, owing no doubt to the scarcity and intractability of its congeners.
		Herodotus describes the festival of Bubastis, which was attended by thousands from all parts of Egypt and was a very riotous affair; it has its See also:
		Canopus shows that there were two festivals of Bubastis, the great and the lesser: perhaps the lesser festival was held at See also:
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /BRI_BUN/BUBASTIS.html (864 words)

	Bubastis — Infoplease.com
		Capital of Egypt in the XXII and XXIII dynasties, it began to decline after the second Persian conquest (343 B.C. Bubastis was the center of the worship of the lion-headed (or cat-headed) goddess Bast.
		Among the finds were a chapel of the VI dynasty (proving that the site dates back to the Old Kingdom) and a great temple built in the 8th cent.
		Bubastis - Bubastis The Diana of Egyptian mythology; the daughter of Isis and sister of Horus.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/history/A0809275.html (252 words)

	Bastet at Leontopolis and Bubastis - Egyptian Gods and Their Cult Centers - Cult Rituals were held for Bastet at ...
		The cult temple of Bastet at Bubastis was said to rival the temples of Ra and Horus.
		The death of a domestic cat called for a period of mourning and it is said that the household shaved their eyebrows in respect.
		they come to Bubastis (and) they begin the festival with great offerings and sacrifices, during which more wine is consumed than during the whole of the rest of the year.
	www.kenseamedia.com /egyptian_gods/bastet.htm (322 words)

	Bast
		When they reached Bubastis, they made their sacrificies of various animals, and drank as much wine as they could stomach.
		Today, no shrines or temples remain of Bast in Egypt; even Bubastis was mostly ruins by the time Naville got around to it.
		There is a "Portal of Bast" on the Giza Plateau (fittingly, near the Sphinx), and statues have been discovered showing Khaefre accompanied by Her.
	www.crystalinks.com /baste.html (1743 words)

	Egypt: Tell Basta (Bubastis, or Per-Pastet), Home of the Cat Goddess Bastet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Tell Basta (Bubastis or Per-Bastet, meaning "The Domain of Bastet) is the site of an ancient city about 80 km to the northeast of Cairo in the eastern Nile Delta.
		When they come to a town on the way, they lay to, and some of the women land and shout and mock the women of the place, while others dance and get up to mischief.
		They do this at every town lying on the Nile; but when they come to Bubastis they begin the festival with great offerings and sacrifices, during which more wine is consumed than during the whole of the rest of the year.
	www.touregypt.net /featurestories/tellbasta.htm (1058 words)

	Per-Bast.org >> The Domain of Bast >> Bast: cult centers in Kemet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Bast's sacred city in Kemet was Per-Bast (Greek: Bubastis; modern-day Tell Basta, near Zagazig in Northern (Lower) Egypt [8]).
		Details on Naville's excavation can be found in a set of extremely rare books entitled Bubastis, 1887-1889 and The Festival Hall of Osorkon II in the Great Temple of Bubastis, 1887-1889 by Edouard Naville.
		Both of these books have long been out of print, and are now outdated by the more recent (mid-1970s) excavation information put forth by the late Dr. Labib Habachi in his book, Tell-Basta (also out of print and difficult to acquire).
	www.per-bast.org /bast/essay/essay7.html (481 words)

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