Serapieion, Empuries, Catalonia, Spain
Serapieion, a sanctuary dedicated to Isis and Serapis, Egyptian divinities of medicine and health, built by Noumas from Alexandria in 1st century BC, aerial view, at Empuries, an ancient settlement founded in 575 BC by Greek colonists from Phocaea, on the Costa Brava in Catalonia, Spain. The Serapieion consists of porticos and a tetrastyle temple in Doric style with statues of the divinities. The town was settled by the Romans from 218 BC and abandoned in the Middle Ages. The site has been undergoing excavation since 1908. Picture by Manuel Cohen
Picture No
14149150
Media ID
45920249
Size
5464px x 3640px
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Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
Date
2024
