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Image: Cat-goddess Bastet from Kom el-Dekkah

Credit: Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities

Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities is announcing that the remains of a temple of Queen Berenike, who was the wife of King Ptolemy III, have been discovered by archaeologists in the Kom el-Dekkah area of the Mediterranean port city of Alexandria. Egypt.

According to Egyptian archaeologists, the temple dates back more than 2,000 years and it was dedicated to the ancient cat-goddess Bastet. Several Bastet statues were unearthed in three different areas of the temple.

You can read more about the discovery and about the goddess Bastet here and here.

Claude Mariottini
Professor of Old Testament
Northern Baptist Seminary

Tags: Archaeology, Bastet, Cat-goddess, Kom el-Dekkah, Queen Berenike

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