Definition of Serapeum. Meaning of Serapeum. Synonyms of Serapeum

- A serapeum is a temple or other religious institution dedicated to the syncretic Greco-Egyptian deity Serapis, who combined aspects of Osiris and Apis...
- The Serapeum of Saqqara was the ancient Egyptian burial place for sacred bulls of the Apis cult at Memphis. It was believed that the bulls were incarnations...
- The Serapeum of Alexandria in the Ptolemaic Kingdom was an ancient Gr**** temple built by Ptolemy III Euergetes (reigned 246–222 BC) and dedicated to Serapis...
- existed. The daughter library in the Serapeum may have survived after the main Library's destruction. The Serapeum, mainly used as a gathering place for...
- country when a new Apis was found. Auguste Mariette's excavation of the Serapeum of Saqqara revealed the tombs of more than sixty animals, ranging from...
- with its famous Library and theater in the same region; site unknown. The Serapeum of Alexandria, the most famous of all Alexandrian temples. Strabo tells...
- religious statues and was decorated with hieroglyphs. In 391 AD the city's Serapeum was demolished during the ****cution of pagans in the late Roman Empire...
- foundation of the Mouseion (including the Library of Alexandria) and the Serapeum. During the ****enistic period, the city of Alexandria, founded by Alexander...
- The Serapeum Offering Table is an Aramaic-inscribed offering table for libation found at the Serapeum of Saqqara in Egypt by Auguste Mariette in 1850...
- The first was the overtly pagan religious Neoplatonism taught at the Serapeum, which was greatly influenced by the teachings of Iamblichus. The second...