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| Bubastis (Tell-Basta-Egypt Delta) |
Goddess Bastet was a local deity whose cult was centered in the city of Bubastis, now Tell Basta, which consisted the Delta near what is knew as Zagazig today. The town, knew in Egyptian as (Per-Bast), carries her name, literally thinking "House of Bast". It was known in Greek as (Boubastis) and understood into Hebrew as P-beset. In the biblical Book of Ezekiel (30:17), the town looks in the Hebrew form Pibeseth
