Alabaster Bastet Statue - Made in Egypt Stone_Statue As his popularity grew

As his popularity grew

We'll paint your name in ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics

and motherhood

This piece is more than a decorative artwork

Alabaster Bastet Statue - Made in Egypt Stone_Statue As his popularity grewHand carved Egyptian Alabaster Cat Goddess Bastet statue. Bastet, 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