Bastet Statue XL Goddess_Bastet Small Queen Nefertiti Bust Figurine

Small Queen Nefertiti Bust Figurine

has appeared in a multitude of forms and made himself known by many names to nearly every culture throughout time

The djed is one of the more ancient and commonly found symbols in ancient Egyptian religion

and his fearless commitment to wisdom

Bastet Statue XL Goddess_Bastet Small Queen Nefertiti Bust FigurineBastet, also called Bast, ancient Egyptian goddess worshipped in the form of a lioness and later a cat. The daughter of Ra, the sun god, Bastet was an ancient deity whose ferocious nature was ameliorated after the domestication of the cat around 1500 BCE. She was native to Bubastis in the Nile River delta but also had an important cult at Memphis. In the Late and Ptolemaic periods large cemeteries of mummified cats were created at both sites, and