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Bubastis

Sharqia Governorate, Egypt

Bubastis (Bohairic Coptic: Ⲡⲟⲩⲃⲁⲥ Poubasti, Boubastis or Boubastos), also known in Arabic as Tell-Basta or in Egyptian as Per-Bast, was an ancient Egyptian city. Bubastis is often identified with the biblical Pi-Beseth (py-bst, Ezekiel 30:17). It was the capital of its own nome, located along the River Nile in the Delta region of Lower Egypt, and notable as a center of worship for the feline goddess Bastet, and therefore the principal depository in Egypt of mummies of cats. Its ruins are located in the suburbs of the modern city of Zagazig.

Monument data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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