They chose to name the newly-found species after the ancient Egyptian goddess Bastet, the cat-headed symbol of protection, pleasure and good health. New skull may help solve extinction riddle The ...
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2000-Year-Old Temple Dedicated to Egyptian Cat Goddess Bastet Discovered by Archeologists Near a Train StationThe Supreme Council of Antiquities in Egypt announced that archaeologists unearthed a 2,000-year-old temple that was dedicated to the ancient Egyptian cat goddess, Bastet. The temple ruins were ...
The team named the new genus Bastetodon partly in reference to the cat-headed ancient Egyptian goddess Bastet, in honor of where the specimen was unearthed and of the feline-like snout of the ancient ...
A nearly complete skull of the creature was found in the Egyptian desert. Its lineage indicates that it was a top carnivore ...
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Shanghai Museum's 'Meowseum Nights' lets visitors bring their cats to the Bastet temple exhibitThe exhibition includes artifacts from the Bastet temple, devoted to the cat goddess Bastet, showing the reverence for felines in ancient Egypt. "Much of the show has to do with cats," said Chu ...
The specimen is named after the cat-headed ancient Egyptian goddess Bastet. Bastet symbolized protection, pleasure, and good health. CREDIT: Professor Hesham Sallam. Cataclysmic changes in climate ...
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