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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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: Burial place of Apis bulls in Saqqara
  • Also known as: “Serapeo di Menfi”, “Serapeum (Memphis)”, and “Sérapéum de Memphis”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Abusir and Tombs of 3rd Dynasty.

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is the name given to an archaeological locality on the desert plateau 10 km south of Giza and 8 km north of . About 35 km south of the Egyptian capital , is the site of a compact pyramid field, with pyramids and funerary temples dating mainly from the 5th Dynasty of the Old Kingdom.

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The Third Dynasty of ancient Egypt is the first dynasty of the Old Kingdom. Other dynasties of the Old Kingdom include the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth. The capital during the period of the Old Kingdom was at . is situated 370 metres east of Serapeum of Saqqara.

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The , sometimes called the Step or Step Pyramid of Horus Netjerikhet, is an archaeological site in the necropolis, , northwest of the ruins of . is situated 1 km southeast of Serapeum of Saqqara.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Saqqara and Mit Rahinah.

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is the name given both to a village 32 km to the south of the capital of and to the extensive ancient necropolis on the plateau above the Nile Valley, the location of tombs and pyramids dating to the Predynastic, Old Kingdom, New Kingdom and Late Periods of ancient Egyptian history.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 5 km southeast of Serapeum of Saqqara.

Town
El Hawamdeya is a city in the Giza Governorate of Egypt. Successive census results indicate a considerable steady rise in its population: 73,298 in 1986, 91,770 in 1996, 109,314 in 2006, 149,567 in 2018 and 158,278 in 2023. is situated 6 km east of Serapeum of Saqqara.

Serapeum of Saqqara

Latitude
29.87602° or 29° 52′ 34″ north
Longitude
31.20959° or 31° 12′ 35″ east
Open location code
7GXHV6G5+CR
Open­Street­Map ID
way 246010717
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
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”
  • Catalan: “Serapeu de Saqqara”
  • Dutch: “Serapeum van Saqqara”
  • Dutch: “Serapeum”
  • French: “Sérapéum de Saqqarah”
  • German: “Serapeum von Sakkara”
  • German: “Serapeum”
  • Greek: “Σεραπείο της Σακκάρα”
  • Hebrew: “סרפאום של סקארה”
  • Hungarian: “Szerafeum”
  • Italian: “Serapeo di Saqqara”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Serapeum de Saqqara”
  • Polish: “Serapeum w Sakkarze”
  • Portuguese: “Serapeu de Sacará”
  • Russian: “Серапеум в Саккаре”
  • Russian: “Серапеум”
  • Slovenian: “Sakarski serapej”
  • Spanish: “Serapeum de Saqqara”
  • Tamil: “சக்காராவின் செராபியம்”
  • Turkish: “Sakkara Serapeumu”

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