Bubastis “Tell Basta", the very ancient city, is already well known “it was called pr-B3as.t.t, and transcribed by the Greek as Bubastis. The ancient  Egyptian records let understand that First Bubastis Was a part of the 13^th nome of Lower Egypt(1) “Heliopolitan"  . After the division of the Nome Bubastis became the capital and its northern part known as the 18^th . nome of Lower Egyptian _. It seems to Reach its highest  Fame during the 22and 23 Dynasties When Bubastis appeared to be the Capital of the Egyptian kingdom .The City Was One of the centers of building activities in the Delta During the Pharaonic Period Till the Roman Time . the Modern City is Called ZAGAZIG , But the Old Site is still known as Tell Basta , Which  Lies to the South East of the Modern City.
(1)BAKR , M.I., TELL BASTA , VOI.I., tombs and burial customs at Bubastis , university of ZAGAZIG , 1992 , pp.13-16.