Apis (deity)

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In ancient Egyptian religion, Apis or Hapis, alternatively spelled Hapi-ankh, was a sacred bull or multiple sacred bulls worshiped in the Memphis region. He was commonly identified as the son of Hathor, a major goddess in the ancient Egyptian pantheon. Initially, he was assigned a significant role in her worship, but later he also served as an intermediary between humans and other deities such as Ptah and Osiris. Auguste Mariette's excavation of the Serapeum of Saqqara revealed the tombs of more than sixty bulls scarified to the Apis cult. The bulls were buried over a period of 1400 years, from the New Kingdom period until the end of the Ptolemaic dynasty.

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