Bubastis

For the character in Watchmen, see Characters of Watchmen § Bubastis.

Tell-Basta
Ⲡⲟⲩⲃⲁⲥϯ (Coptic) تل بسطة
Bubastis Per-Bast
View of Bubastis
Location within Egypt
30°34′22″N 31°30′36″E
Type	Settlement
Location	Tell-Basta, Sharqia Governorate, Egypt
Region	Lower Egypt
Site notes
Condition	In ruins

Map of ancient Lower Egypt showing Bubastis

Bubastis in hieroglyphs

Bubastis (Bohairic Coptic: Ⲡⲟⲩⲃⲁⲥϯ Poubasti; Greek: Βούβαστις Boubastis or Βούβαστος Boubastos), also known in Arabic as Tell-Basta or in Egyptian as Per-Bast, was an ancient Egyptian city. Bubastis is often identified with the biblical Pi-Beseth (Hebrew: פי-בסת py-bst, Ezekiel 30:17). It was the capital of its own nome, located along the River Nile in the Delta region of Lower Egypt, and notable as a center of worship for the feline goddess Bastet, and therefore the principal depository in Egypt of mummies of cats.

Its ruins are located in the suburbs of the modern city of Zagazig.