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Bastet, the Egyptian cat goddess

I'm not a big history reader, but anything that is connected to cats usually gets my attention, regardless of how old it is.

Recently the Supreme Council of Antiquities in Egypt announced that archaeologists discovered a 2,000-year-old temple in Alexandria that might have been dedicated to Bastet, the Egyptian cat goddess.

I had never heard of Bastet before, but she looks rather cute, don't you think?

Bastet, Egyptian cat goddess

Certainly not as cute as Zoey the Cool Cat, but, hey, Bastet is a couple of thousand years older!

I read about Bastet at Wikipedia, but I must admit I still haven't a clue who she was. Ancient history, mythology, and all these gods and goddesses confuse me. Let's just say cats are as adorable now as they were 2,000 years ago and leave it at that -- LOL

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Posted by Jim Frimmer, Realtor and CDPE, Mission Valley, CA DRE #01458572 on 01/24/2010 10:45 PM

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15 Comments on Bastet, the Egyptian cat goddess

JAN

2010

Zoey is the coolest cat... never hear of Bastet .. but not bad for 2000 years. Here is to Zoey.

JAN

2010

Jim...I agree Zoey certainly outshines Bastet. Infact, until now I had never even heard of Bastet.

Cosmic Cow

I have heard of Bastet but really, she looks a little moldy and not quite all together. Zoey wins. Of course, I like my cat best. You can see Sasha in the post I just put on AR Cat lovers.
Toni

JAN

2010

Hey, Jim. Bastet comes no where near Zoey's cuteness. Thanks for sharing a bit of history, Jim

Jim, The Egyptians are interesting because of their belief that Bastet, a cat, was a goddess. The most interesting thing is that cats remember that they were once gods and goddesses and expect us to treat them as such.

Jim - thanks for googling that for me ... it's great little addition especially with the tinyURL already created for you.

Jim. I do not have a cat...but do have a chocolate lab. Growing up, we always had cats and dogs...with our large family (12) strays always moved int with us.

JAN

2010

Interesting! I had never heard this before but my 3 cats said, "Well, DUH! Of course there was a cat goddess!" :-)

JAN

2010

Hi Jim,

I don't think any cat could be as cute as Zoey:) No wonder kittys are so uppity sometimes, it must be in their genes getting all that adoration and all down through the centuries.

Ana

Sorry, Jim, all we can think of is the Bangles and Walk like an Egyptian........wonder why?

I love Bastet! What fun you must have had learning this. I love everything to do with Ancient Egypt, and so does my daughter.

Hi Jim-

As I child I spent my days in the university library and the Egyptology section fascinated me. Of course, with the lack of carpeting (cut down of constant vacuuming), and (I assume) fewer counters to keep the cats off of, they were probably a bit easier to worship...

That Zoey is a cutie!

--Sara in San Antonio

There are beautiful statues of Bastet in the British Museum and the Met in NYC, among others -- my cats are well aware that they are of royal and sacred lineage and therefore are to be worshipped and served....

Bastet

JAN

2010

Hi, Jim. I grew up in Hartford, Connecticut and we went, on class trips, to the Wadsworth Atheneum where they had a mummy on display, among other things! The person mummy had a cat mummy and the cat mummy had a mouse mummy. Howe cool is THAT?!

MAR

2010

Hey, everyone.

Thanks for stopping by and commenting.

I have read all the comments, but since this post is rather old, rather than making comments here in my post to each and every one of you, I'll just let everyone know that I have read all the comments and if there are any questions, I'll answer those. Otherwise I'll simply post this comment and then head over to your blogs soon to visit and do some reading and commenting. I hope you'll have a nice welcome mat out for me!

I'm still fighting to get an escrow closed that was supposed to close last week. As soon as I get everyone to jump through all these hoops, I hope to get back to being more regular here at ActiveRain rather than waiting until the weekend to do all my posts and reciprocal comments.

Don't forget to let your cat come out to play with all the other ActiveRain kitties. Your cat-friendly dogs can come, too!

If you need a great cat book, get yourself a copy of Peg Silloway's The Cat Lover's Book of Days.

Hope all is well with everyone.

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