Serapeum of Saqqara

The Serapeum of Saqqara was the ancient Egyptian burial place for sacred bulls of the Apis cult at . It was believed that the bulls were incarnations of the god Ptah, which would become immortal after death as Osiris-Apis, a name which evolved to Serapis in the Hellenistic period, and Userhapi in Coptic.
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  • Tomb
  • …lies at an elevation of around 50 metres (150 feet)
  • Description: Burial place of Apis bulls in Saqqara
  • Also known as
    “Apis Tombs”
    “Sarapeion”

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Serapeum of Saqqara

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Latitude
29.87637° or 29° 52′ 35″ north
Longitude
31.21251° or 31° 12′ 45″ east
Open location code
7GXHV6G7+G2
Geo­Names ID
349484
Wiki­data ID
Q287375

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Serapeum of Saqqara” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سرابيوم (سقارة)”
  • Arabic: “سرابيوم”
  • Basque: “Sakkarako serapeuma”
  • Basque: “Saqqarako Serapeuma”
  • Catalan: “Serapeu de Saqqara”
  • Dutch: “Serapeum (Memphis)”
  • Dutch: “Serapeum van Saqqara”
  • Dutch: “Serapeum”
  • French: “Sérapéum de Memphis”
  • French: “Sérapéum de Saqqarah”
  • German: “Serapeum von Sakkara”
  • German: “Serapeum”
  • Greek: “Σεραπείο της Σακκάρα”
  • Hebrew: “סרפאום של סקארה”
  • Italian: “Serapeo di Menfi”
  • Italian: “Serapeo di Saqqara”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Serapeum de Saqqara”
  • Polish: “Serapeum w Sakkarze”
  • Portuguese: “Serapeu de Sacará”
  • Russian: “Серапеум в Саккаре”
  • Slovenian: “Sakarski serapej”
  • Spanish: “Serapeum de Saqqara”
  • Tamil: “சக்காராவின் செராபியம்”
  • Turkish: “Sakkara Serapeumu”

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