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Bubastis
Bubastis (in the region of the delta, near Zagazig of today) was the capital
of the XVIII nomos of the delta. Its Egyptian name “Per Bast” means “Bastis
home” and comes from the name of the divinity that protected it,
Bastet. His
sanctuary already existed in the Ancient Reign, in Cheope’s and Chefren’s period.
Later Pepy I ordered to build a chapel, in the temple there are also finds from
the following epochs and particularly from Ramesse’s II epoch, Ramesse put in
the courtyard in the sanctuary four statues that represented himself as
door-sign. The Libyan sovereigns of the XXII dynasty elected Bubastis as their
residence and in fact this dynasty that was opened by Sheshonq I is sometimes
called bubastita.
excavations to Bubastis
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