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Serapeum galleries

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Long underground galleries cut into the bedrock to house sacred Apis bull burials.

ContinentAfricaConfidence: measured
MaterialLimestoneMohs 3-4 (mineral hardness scale)

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FieldConsensusAlternative
Date

1390 BCE - 30 BCE

c. 1390 BCE origins; main galleries from 664 BCE

UNESCO World Heritage List #86
No claims found.
Purpose

Burial of the Apis bulls

UNESCO World Heritage List #86
No claims found.
Method

Galleries cut into bedrock

UNESCO World Heritage List #86
No claims found.

Related Wonders at Saqqara

Sources: UNESCO World Heritage List #86

Iron Age and Classical — Serapeum galleries in context.

Iron Age and Classical, 1,200 BCE to 500 CEDates supported by mainstream archaeology. Natural formations remain undated.TimelinePavlopetri, 3,000 BCE - 1,100 BCEUffington White Horse, 1,380 BCE - 550 BCESerapeum galleries, 1,390 BCE - 30 BCEThonis-Heracleion, 700 BCE - 100 BCESerapeum boxes, 664 BCE - 30 BCE4Antikythera mechanism, 205 BCE - 60 BCEAl-Khazneh, Petra, 300 BCE - 100 CE3Colosseum, 70 CE - 80 CE2Aksum stelae, 300 CE - 400 CESerpent Mound, 300 BCE - 1,100 CEGreat Wall of China, 700 BCE - 1,644 CEPavlopetriSerapeum galleries1,000 BCE500 BCE0 CE

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Approximate - counted from January 1, 710 BCE (UTC). Based on the midpoint of 1,390 BCE - 30 BCE.

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