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Egypt announces find of ancient cat goddess temple
Associated Press ^ | Jan 19, 2010 | HAMZA HENDAWI

Posted on 01/19/2010 5:04:39 PM PST by decimon

CAIRO – Archaeologists have unearthed a 2,000-year-old temple that may have been dedicated to the ancient Egyptian cat goddess, Bastet, the Supreme Council of Antiquities said Tuesday. The ruins of the Ptolemaic-era temple were discovered by Egyptian archaeologists in the heart of the Mediterranean port city of Alexandria, founded by Alexander the Great in the 4th century B.C.

The city was the seat of the Greek-speaking Ptolemaic Dynasty, which ruled over Egypt for 300 years until the suicide of Queen Cleopatra.

The statement said the temple was thought to belong to Queen Berenice, wife of King Ptolemy III who ruled Egypt in the 3rd century B.C.

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TOPICS: History; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: ancientegypt; godsgravesglyphs; kittyping
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To: Slings and Arrows
Bast lives in all cats.


41 posted on 01/20/2010 8:23:38 AM PST by Lady Jag (Double your income. Fire the government)
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To: SunkenCiv

42 posted on 01/20/2010 8:47:46 AM PST by colorado tanker
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To: decimon; SunkenCiv; Slings and Arrows; Lady Jag

43 posted on 01/20/2010 8:51:28 AM PST by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: Mercat

It’s not the size of the cat in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the cat.


44 posted on 01/20/2010 10:21:57 AM PST by Slings and Arrows (Don't feed the trolls.)
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To: TheOldLady

Samir can be quite demanding on occasion. :)


45 posted on 01/20/2010 10:24:07 AM PST by Allegra (It doesn't matter what this tagline says...the liberals are going to call it "racist.")
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To: Allegra

Sawmill!


46 posted on 01/20/2010 10:31:54 AM PST by humblegunner
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To: Allegra

I have three of those, and they’re basement cats, too. My lovey fuzzy faces.


47 posted on 01/20/2010 1:29:35 PM PST by TheOldLady (No more global baloneyism!! -- Jim Thompson!)
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To: decimon; All
Speaking of cats. The Guennol Lioness CIRCA 3000-2800 B.C. Height 3 1/4 in. Sold by Sotheby’s for US $57.2 million. http://www.sothebys.com/app/live/lot/LotDetail.jsp?lot_id=159415093
48 posted on 01/20/2010 1:52:13 PM PST by anglian
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To: LibertyRocks

Mummy told me there’d be topics like this.


49 posted on 01/20/2010 4:16:08 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Happy New Year! Freedom is Priceless.)
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To: Brugmansian
Cats must have seemed as sent by the gods.

Now wait just a minute! Where do you get off saying that when anyone can clearly see that "dog" is "GOD" spelled backwards?! I swear, some people just don't know nuthin.
50 posted on 01/22/2010 5:59:39 PM PST by dr_who
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To: decimon
Here is a reconstruction of what they think the entrance to the Kitty Temple looked like:


51 posted on 01/25/2010 9:09:38 PM PST by garjog (Used to be liberals were just people to disagree with. Now they are a threat to our existence.)
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