THE CAT GODDESS PAKHET Not far from Beni Hassan is Speos Artemidos, as named by the Greeks, or cave of Artemis. Artemis was the equivalent Greek goddess to Bastet. The cave is located near a small village, which is today called Istabl Antar. Here, during the Middle Kingdom, Hatshupsut built two temples dedicated to Pakhet, […]
SPEOS ARTEMIDOS HOME TO THE CAT GODDESS PAKHET
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CAT MUMMIES AND TOMB PAINTINGS AT BENI HASSAN

Large numbers of cat mummies and tomb paintings have been found near a small village called Beni Hassan, located 23 kilometers south of Minya, between Asyut and Memphis. With its necropolis located high in the limestone cliffs on the eastern side of the Nile, it was here that the famous archeologist, Flinders Petrie, found a […]
Filed Under: ANCIENT EGYPT, CAT HISTORY Tagged With: Amenemhat III, Baron of Allington, Beni Hasan, Beni Ḥassān, cat mummies, Dynasty, Flinders Petrie, Howard Carter, Nile, Pakhet, tomb paintings