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Apis - The Sacred Bull

by Günther Eichhorn
Apis was the Sacred Bull. He is shown either as a bull or as a man with the head of a bull. He was worshiped in the Memphis region originally. The bull was the most important of the sacred animals in Ancient Egypt.

Egypt 1259 Relief of Apis in the Temple of Horus in Edfu. (210k) Egypt 1278 Relief of Apis in the Temple of Horus in Edfu. (279k) Egypt 1288 Relief of Apis (center right), with Horus (right and extreme left), and a Pharaoh (center left) in the Temple of Horus in Edfu. (497k) Egypt 1632 Relief of Apis, the Sacred Bull, next to Isis (or Ma'at) in the Temple of Kom Ombo. (600k)


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