Friday Photo: the Serapeum at Saqqara
Inside the Serapeum at Saqqara
This old black & white photo is from the Brooklyn Museum’s Lantern Slide Collection and shows inside the serapium, a tomb built for the sacred Apis bulls. The sarcophagus that can been seen in the photo is one of 25 that were found, some weighing as much as 70 tonnes.
The image on the left below shows the entrance to the serapium at Saqqara, which is located north west of the Step Pyramid of Djoser.
The image to the right shows one of the Apis bull statues that now resides in the Louvre.
You can read more about the current state of the Serapeum at Saqqara at the website of Dr Zahi Hawass: Saving the Serapeum.
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