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Title: Bronze statue of an Apis bull. The sacred Apis bull was a herald of the god Ptah. Apis bulls can be recognised by their markings-black with a white patch on their foreheads and back. The Apis bull lived in luxury. It was given servants. When an Apis bull died there was national mourning and the ambalmed body was taken from Memphis to saqqara for burial in a granite sarcophagus. [Go to resource]
Description: Bronze Apis bull or Buchis bull. 61mm long. Purchased by Wellcome at auction from the Rustafjaell collection in 1906. Format: text/html License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ Rights holder: University of Swansea, Egypt Centre Subjects: [none] Source: Egypt Centre Identifier: http://www.egyptcentre.org.uk/index.asp?... Language: en-GB Format: text/html Go to resource More Like this...
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