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The Apis was a protector of the deceased and linked to the pharaoh. Horns embellish some of the tombs of ancient pharaohs and Apis often was depicted on private coffins as a powerful protector. As a form of Osiris, ruler of the underworld, it was believed that to be under the protection of Apis would
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The Apis bull was an important sacred animal to the ancient Egyptians. As with the other sacred beasts, Apis' importance increased over the centuries. During colonization of the conquered Egypt, Greek and Roman authors had much to say about Apis, the markings by which the black calf was recognized,
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This animal was chosen because it symbolized the courageous heart, great strength, and fighting spirit of the king. Apis came to being considered a manifestation of the king, as bulls were symbols of strength and fertility, qualities that are closely linked with kingship. "Strong bull of his mother
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made efforts to integrate Egyptian religion with that of the new Hellenic rulers. Ptolemy's policy was to find a deity that might win the reverence of both groups, despite the curses of the Egyptian religious leaders against the deities of the previous foreign rulers (i.e.
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Occasionally, Apis was pictured with the sun-disk symbol of his mother, Hathor, between his horns, being one of few deities ever associated with her symbol. When the disk was depicted on his head with his horns below and the triangular marking on his forehead, an
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are of immense size and the burial must have entailed enormous expense. It is remarkable, therefore, that the ancient religious leaders contrived to bury one of the animals in the fourth year of
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exhibited white patterning on their mainly black bodies, and so a belief grew up that the Apis calf had to have a certain set of markings suitable to its role. It was required to have a white
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traditionally had been chosen since before any historical records. The other expert supposedly was the scholarly Egyptian priest Manetho, which increased acceptability from both the
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being identified as Cerberus. The cult survived until 385, when Christians destroyed the Serapeum of Alexandria, and subsequently, the cult was forbidden by the
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J.-F. Brunet, The XXIInd and XXVth Dynasties Apis Burial Conundrum, in: Journal of the Ancient Chronology Forum 10 (2005), 26-34.
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propitiated by offering a sacrifice during his seizure of Ancient Egypt from the Persians. After Alexander's death, his general
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in Plutarch's report is the hill of Sinopeion, a name given to the site of an existing Serapeum at Memphis. Also, according to
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in the Hellenic psyche, however, due to its involvement in Alexander's death, also may have contributed to the choice of
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of cows, and worshiped as an aspect of Ptah. The cow who was his mother was believed to have conceived him by a flash of
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Jacques Vandier, Memphis et le taureau Apis dans le papyrus Jumilhac (in French), in: Jean Sainte Faire Garnot (ed),
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M. Ibrahim, en D. Rohl, Apis and the Serapeum, in: Journal of the Ancient Chronology Forum 2 (JACF 1988) 6-26.
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Being introduced by the Greeks, understandably, the statue depicted a fully human figure resembling
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Apis was the most popular of three great bull cults of ancient Egypt, the others being the cults of
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onward. The name of the mother cow and the place of the calf's birth are often recorded. The
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By the New Kingdom period, the remains of the sacred bulls were interred at the cemetery of
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Worship of an Apis bull, experienced by ancient Egyptians as holy, has been known since the
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Apis is named on very early monuments, but little is known of the divine animal before the
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writers identified Apis as an incarnation of Osiris, ignoring the connection with Ptah.
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and may well be identical with him. Creating parallels to their own religious beliefs,
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Anthropomorphical representation of Apis, Ptolemaic Period (3rd–2nd centuries BC).
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The calf that matched these markings was selected from the herds, brought to a
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Jean Vercoutter, The Napatan Kings and Apis Worship, in: KUSH 8 (1960), 62-76.
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Plutarch may not be correct, however, as some Egyptologists assert that the
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is in the authentic death scene of Alexander, from the royal diaries. Here,
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Following Osiris: Perspectives on the Osirian Afterlife from Four Millennia
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and fixed in a standing position on a foundation made of wooden planks.
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revealed the tombs of more than sixty animals, ranging from the time of
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as the chief Ptolemaic deity during their occupation of Ancient Egypt.
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was suggested. That symbol always was closely associated with Hathor.
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onward, bulls were interred in interconnected underground galleries.
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Gilded sculpture of an Apis head with the sacred disk of Hathor,
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give the person control over the four winds in the afterlife.
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at its base, fitting the Egyptian symbol of sovereignty, the
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Api or Hapi (Apis, Taureau Consacré a la Lune), N372.2,
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shape on its right flank, and double hairs on his tail.
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for this purpose, but that deity was more prominent in
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The sacred procession of Apis Osiris by F.A. Bridgman
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Gods, Graves, and Scholars: The Story of Archaeology
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equivalent of the highly popular Apis. It was named
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Statue of Apis, Thirtieth dynasty of Egypt (Louvre)
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