Sarcophagus of Apis Bull, Memphis, Egypt
Sarcophagus of Apis Bull, Memphis, Egypt -- Apis or Hapis is a sacred bull worshipped in the Memphis region. The bull, representing strength and fertility, and symbolic of a male ruler, was mummified and placed inside the tomb
Picture No
11939958
Media ID
46086483
Size
6760px x 4628px
(5.1MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / John Massey Stewart Collection
Source
Photograph by R E M Bain in Earthly Footsteps of the Man of Galilee, 1894, by Bishop John H Vincent and Rev James W. Lee, in the John Massey Stewart Collection
Date
1894
