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2000-Year-Old Temple Dedicated to Egyptian Cat Goddess Bastet Discovered by Archeologists Near a Train Station
The Supreme Council of Antiquities in Egypt announced that archaeologists unearthed a 2,000-year-old temple that was ...
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Mummified Cat's Head
This Egyptian ... Cat's were an important animal to the ancient Egyptians and were often mummified after death in the same way that humans were. Cats were also given in offering to the cat goddess ...
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Shanghai Museum's 'Meowseum Nights' lets visitors bring their cats to the Bastet temple exhibit
In Shanghai, cat lovers had an opportunity to explore ancient Egyptian artifacts ... includes artifacts from the Bastet temple, devoted to the cat goddess Bastet, showing the reverence for felines ...
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Newly discovered ancient apex predator had knife-sharp teeth and bone-crushing jaws
after the cat-headed ancient Egyptian goddess Bastet, who symbolizes protection, pleasure, and good health. The researchers also compared the fossil to that of another lion-sized species of ...