Saqqara has not only offered archeologists a treasure trove of tombs and mummies, but also the pyramid texts; texts that are written in limestone which contain thousands of lines of hieroglyphs describing myths and religious rituals. Gaston Maspero, in 1894, was the first to discover and then translate these texts in which we find a […]
THE CAT GODDESS BAST IS WORSHIPPED
August 12, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The ancient Egyptians worshipped the cat goddess Bast at four main sites. Bast, the cat goddess, was a very important deity to the ancient Egyptians confirmed by their unfailing devotion to her not only in one part of the kingdom, but also at various locations in both Upper and Lower Egypt. Saqqara, Thebes, Beni […]
