El-Zagazig - Hill of Tell Basta

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Hill of Tell Basta Description

On the south eastern outskirts of the town is the Hill of Tell Basta, with the extensive remains of ancient Bubastis (Egyptian Per-Bastet), capital of the Bubastite nome. The walls of some ancient brick buildings survive to a considerable height. Below the southwest side of the hill, usually lying in water, are the remains (granite blocks, columns, architraves and other architectural fragments, some of them with inscriptions and reliefs, and a few statues) of the Temple of Bastet, the town's tutelary goddess, which was excavated by the Egypt Exploration Fund in 1887-89; they are likely, however, to be of interest only to specialists. The temple was begun by Cheops and Chephren, underwent much alteration at the hands of Ramesses II and

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