Egypt’s ambassador to Canada Ahmed Abu-Zeid received on Tuesday a bronze statue of the goddess Bastet dating back to ancient Egyptian civilization during a small ceremony at the ambassador’s residence ...

There’s no doubt scientific cat facts are endlessly fascinating, but learning about the way cats were treated in Ancient Egypt is something special. Case in point: This video from New Historia, which ...

This week was a very fruitful one for the repatriation of stolen ancient Egyptian antiquities, with five distinguished artefacts being returned to Egypt from Canada and Germany that had been illegally ...

Egypt said Tuesday that its archaeologists have unearthed a Ptolemaic-era temple dating back more than 2,000 years, that may have been dedicated to the ancient cat goddess, Bastet. Subscribe to read ...

Bastet was one of ancient Egypt’s most beloved goddesses — a protector of women, home, and fertility, yet fierce enough to defend the sun god Ra himself. Originally depicted as a lioness warrior, she ...

Archeologists working in Egypt discovered the 3,000-year-old tomb of Nehmes Bastet - a female singer who lived sometime between 945-712 BC. The woman was a temple singer who lived during Egypt's 22nd ...

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Egyptian writer Hamed Abdel-Samad explores philosophical themes in his second novel 'Bastet's Last Trip' Rehlet Bastet Elakhira (Bastet’s Last Trip) by: Hamed Abdel Samad (Cairo: Merit Publishing ...