Serapeum galleries
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Serapeum galleries is a rock-cut site in Egypt, Africa. It is associated with Saqqara. UNESCO World Heritage List #86 gives its chronology as “c. 1390 BCE origins; main galleries from 664 BCE.” Its listed material is Limestone. UNESCO World Heritage List #86 also records: “Burial of the Apis bulls.”
Long underground galleries cut into the bedrock to house sacred Apis bull burials.
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| Purpose | Burial of the Apis bulls | No claims found. |
| Method | Galleries cut into bedrock | No claims found. |
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Approximate - counted from January 1, 710 BCE (UTC). Based on the midpoint of 1,390 BCE - 30 BCE; the underlying date is uncertain.
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