Apis bull tombs. The Serapeum of Saqqara is a serapeum located north west of the Pyramid of Djoser at Saqqara, a necropolis near Memphis in Lower Egypt. It was a burial place of Apis bulls, sacred bulls that were incarnations of the ancient Egyptian deity Ptah. Ancient Egypt History. Old 19th century engraved illustration from El Mundo Ilustrado 1879

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