1) Former capital of Egypt 
Bubastis (Greek: Βούβαστις Boubastis or Βούβαστος Boubastos), also known as Tell Basta or Egyptian Per-Bast was an Ancient Egyptian city, the capital of its own nome, located along the River Nile in the Delta region of Lower Egypt. Bubastis is often identified with the biblical Phibeseth (Hebrew פי-בסת PY-BST, Ezekiel 30:17)...
ancient Egyptian city in the Nile River delta. It became important when the pharaohs of the 19th dynasty (1292–1190 ) moved their capital from Thebes ...
Cult centre, in the Nile delta, of the Egyptian cat-headed goddess Bastet; also the name used by the Greeks for the goddess. ...
In Egyptian mythology, Bubastis was the daughter of Isis. She was represented as having the head of a cat, the animal sacred to her.