Serapeum
Serapeum, EGplace
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The Serapeum, dedicated to the sacred Apis bull, is one of the highlights of visiting Saqqara. The first Apis burial took place in the reign of Amenhotep III (1390–1352 BC), and the practice continued until 30 BC. The enormous granite and limestone coffins weighed up to 80 tonnes each. When it died, the bull was mummified at Memphis, then carried in a stately procession to the Serapeum's subterranean galleries and placed in a huge stone sarcophagus.
Classic Egypt: Pyramids, Nile Cruise & Luxor’s Legends
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