was a dynamic riverine landscape with constantly changing hydrography. The water canals around the Temple of Bastet were part of the sacred landscape.

Early Bronze Age

The settlement began at the end of the 4th millennium BCE.

Second Dynasty

In the 2nd Dynasty, the Cult of Bastet is known from the reign of Hotepsekhemwy (2850 BCE). In a later account by the Greek historian Manetho, it's stated that a "chasm opened near Bubastis and many perished" during the reign of Hotepsekhemwy

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