They chose to name the newly-found species after the ancient Egyptian goddess Bastet, the cat-headed symbol of protection, pleasure and good health. New skull may help solve extinction riddle The ...

The Supreme Council of Antiquities in Egypt announced that archaeologists unearthed a 2,000-year-old temple that was dedicated to the ancient Egyptian cat goddess, Bastet. The temple ruins were ...

The exhibition includes artifacts from the Bastet temple, devoted to the cat goddess Bastet, showing the reverence for felines in ancient Egypt. "Much of the show has to do with cats," said Chu ...

B. syrtos, which boasted razor-sharp teeth and a powerful jaw, belonged to an extinct group of meat-eating mammals called ...

"That was a moment," she said. Paleontologist Shorouq Al-Ashqar with the Bastetodon's remarkably intact skull and a figure of the Egyptian cat goddess Bastet. (Hesham Sallam/American University in ...

Bastetodon was named for the cat-headed Egyptian goddess Bastet, who symbolized protection, pleasure, and good health. It was also an acknowledgment of its cat-like snout and the region where the ...

Anubis kicked off the Retailer Wave, and now Bastet, the Egyptian Mother of Cats, is joining the wave. Bastet was revered as a guardian against evil spirits and disease, particularly for women and ...