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class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">Apis (deity)</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. 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title="آبيس – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="آبيس" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apis_(m%C3%BCnbitlik_allah%C4%B1)" title="Apis (münbitlik allahı) – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Apis (münbitlik allahı)" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BF%D1%96%D1%81" title="Апіс – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Апіс" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%81" title="Апис – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Апис" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apis_(d%C3%A9u)" title="Apis (déu) – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Apis (déu)" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hapi_(b%C3%BDk)" title="Hapi (býk) – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Hapi (býk)" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apis_(gud)" title="Apis (gud) – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Apis (gud)" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apis_(%C3%A4gyptische_Mythologie)" title="Apis (ägyptische Mythologie) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Apis (ägyptische Mythologie)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apis" title="Apis – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Apis" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%86%CF%80%CE%B9%CF%82_(%CE%B8%CE%B5%CF%8C%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%84%CE%B1)" title="Άπις (θεότητα) – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Άπις (θεότητα)" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apis_(mitolog%C3%ADa)" title="Apis (mitología) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Apis (mitología)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apiso" title="Apiso – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Apiso" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apis" title="Apis – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Apis" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%B3" title="آپیس – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="آپیس" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apis" title="Apis – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Apis" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aipis" title="Aipis – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Aipis" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%84%ED%94%BC%EC%8A%A4" title="아피스 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="아피스" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apis" title="Apis – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Apis" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Api_(mitologia_egizia)" title="Api (mitologia egizia) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Api (mitologia egizia)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%A1" title="אפיס – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="אפיס" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%90%E1%83%9E%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98" title="აპისი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="აპისი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%81" title="Апис – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Апис" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81pisz" title="Ápisz – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Ápisz" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%85%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D" title="അപിസ് – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="അപിസ്" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%90%E1%83%9E%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98" title="აპისი – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="აპისი" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B3" title="ابيس – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="ابيس" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lembu_Apis" title="Lembu Apis – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Lembu Apis" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apis" title="Apis – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="Apis" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apis_(Egypte)" title="Apis (Egypte) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Apis (Egypte)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%94%E3%82%B9" title="アピス – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="アピス" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apis_(gud)" title="Apis (gud) – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Apis (gud)" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guden_Apis" title="Guden Apis – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Guden Apis" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apis" title="Apis – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Apis" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apis" title="Apis – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Apis" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apis_(mitologia)" title="Apis (mitologia) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Apis (mitologia)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81pis" title="Ápis – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Ápis" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apis" title="Apis – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Apis" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%81" title="Апис – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Апис" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hapi" title="Hapi – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="Hapi" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple badge-Q70893996 mw-list-item" title=""><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apis_(god)" title="Apis (god) – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Apis (god)" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sd mw-list-item"><a href="https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%BE%D9%8A%D8%B3" title="آپيس – Sindhi" lang="sd" hreflang="sd" data-title="آپيس" data-language-autonym="سنڌي" data-language-local-name="Sindhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سنڌي</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apis" title="Apis – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Apis" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%81" title="Апис – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Апис" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apis_(egipatska_mitologija)" title="Apis (egipatska mitologija) – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Apis (egipatska mitologija)" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apis" title="Apis – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Apis" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apis" title="Apis – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Apis" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%85%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B8%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%8E%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%81_%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%B5%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%B3%E0%AF%8D" title="அபிஸ் எருது கடவுள் – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="அபிஸ் எருது கடவுள்" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%81" title="Апис – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="Апис" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" data-language-local-name="Tajik" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Тоҷикӣ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apis_(tanr%C4%B1)" title="Apis 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Initially, he was assigned a significant role in her worship, being sacrificed and reborn. Later, Apis also served as an intermediary between humans and other powerful deities (originally <a href="/wiki/Ptah" title="Ptah">Ptah</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-:03_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:03-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> later <a href="/wiki/Osiris" title="Osiris">Osiris</a>, then <a href="/wiki/Atum" title="Atum">Atum</a>). </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol 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title="Bat (goddess)">Bat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bata_(god)" title="Bata (god)">Bata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ba-Pef" title="Ba-Pef">Ba-Pef</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bennu" title="Bennu">Bennu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bes" title="Bes">Bes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buchis" title="Buchis">Buchis</a></li></ul> <p><b>C</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cavern_deities_of_the_underworld" title="Cavern deities of the underworld">Cavern deities</a></li></ul> <p><b>D</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dedun" title="Dedun">Dedun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duau_(god)" title="Duau (god)">Duau (god)</a></li></ul> <p><b>F</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Four_sons_of_Horus" title="Four sons of Horus">Four sons of Horus</a></li></ul> <p><b>G</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gate_deities_of_the_underworld" title="Gate deities of the underworld">Gate deities</a></li></ul> <p><b>H</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ha_(mythology)" title="Ha (mythology)">Ha</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Hu_(mythology)" title="Hu (mythology)">Hu</a></li></ul> <p><b>I</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Iabet" title="Iabet">Iabet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iah" title="Iah">Iah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iat" title="Iat">Iat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Igai_(deity)" title="Igai (deity)">Igai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ihy" title="Ihy">Ihy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ikhemu-sek" title="Ikhemu-sek">Ikhemu-sek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imentet" title="Imentet">Imentet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imhotep" title="Imhotep">Imhotep</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ipy_(goddess)" title="Ipy (goddess)">Ipy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iunit" title="Iunit">Iunit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iusaaset" title="Iusaaset">Iusaaset</a></li></ul> <p><b>K</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kebechet" title="Kebechet">Kebechet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khensit" title="Khensit">Khensit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khenti-Amentiu" title="Khenti-Amentiu">Khenti-Amentiu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khenti-kheti" title="Khenti-kheti">Khenti-kheti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khepri" title="Khepri">Khepri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kherty" title="Kherty">Kherty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khnum" title="Khnum">Khnum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khonsu" title="Khonsu">Khonsu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kothar-wa-Khasis" title="Kothar-wa-Khasis">Kothar-wa-Khasis</a></li></ul> <p><b>M</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Maahes" title="Maahes">Maahes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maat" title="Maat">Ma'at</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mandulis" title="Mandulis">Mandulis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medjed_(god)" class="mw-redirect" title="Medjed (god)">Medjed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mafdet" title="Mafdet">Mafdet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mehen" title="Mehen">Mehen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mehet-Weret" title="Mehet-Weret">Mehet-Weret</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mehit" title="Mehit">Mehit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Menhit" title="Menhit">Menhit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meret" title="Meret">Meret</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meretseger" title="Meretseger">Meretseger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meskhenet" title="Meskhenet">Meskhenet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Min_(god)" title="Min (god)">Min</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mnevis" title="Mnevis">Mnevis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montu" title="Montu">Montu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mut" title="Mut">Mut</a></li></ul> <p><b>N</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nebethetepet" title="Nebethetepet">Nebethetepet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nebtuwi" title="Nebtuwi">Nebtuwi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nefertem" title="Nefertem">Nefertem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nehebkau" title="Nehebkau">Nehebkau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nehmetawy" title="Nehmetawy">Nehmetawy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neith" title="Neith">Neith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nemty" title="Nemty">Nemty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nekhbet" title="Nekhbet">Nekhbet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neper_(mythology)" title="Neper (mythology)">Neper</a></li></ul> <p><b>P</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pakhet" title="Pakhet">Pakhet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perit_(goddess)" title="Perit (goddess)">Perit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Petbe" title="Petbe">Petbe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ptah" title="Ptah">Ptah</a></li></ul> <p><b>Q</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Qebui" title="Qebui">Qebui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qed-her" title="Qed-her">Qed-her</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qetesh" title="Qetesh">Qetesh</a></li></ul> <p><b>R</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ra" title="Ra">Ra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raet-Tawy" title="Raet-Tawy">Raet-Tawy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rekhyt" title="Rekhyt">Rekhyt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rem_(mythology)" title="Rem (mythology)">Rem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Renenutet" title="Renenutet">Renenutet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Renpet" title="Renpet">Renpet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Renpetneferet" title="Renpetneferet">Renpetneferet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Repyt" title="Repyt">Repyt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Resheph" title="Resheph">Resheph</a></li></ul> <p><b>S</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sah_(god)" title="Sah (god)">Sah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satis_(goddess)" title="Satis (goddess)">Satis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sebiumeker" title="Sebiumeker">Sebiumeker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sekhmet" title="Sekhmet">Sekhmet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seker" title="Seker">Seker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serapis" title="Serapis">Serapis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serket" title="Serket">Serket</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seshat" title="Seshat">Seshat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shai" title="Shai">Shai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shed_(deity)" title="Shed (deity)">Shed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shesmetet" title="Shesmetet">Shesmetet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shezmu" title="Shezmu">Shezmu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sia_(god)" title="Sia (god)">Sia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sobek" title="Sobek">Sobek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sopdet" title="Sopdet">Sopdet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sopdu" title="Sopdu">Sopdu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Souls_of_Pe_and_Nekhen" title="Souls of Pe and Nekhen">Souls of Pe and Nekhen</a></li></ul> <p><b>T</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tatenen" title="Tatenen">Tatenen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taweret" title="Taweret">Taweret</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tayt" title="Tayt">Tayt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ta-Bitjet" title="Ta-Bitjet">Ta-Bitjet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thoth" title="Thoth">Thoth</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hermes_Trismegistus" title="Hermes Trismegistus">Hermes Trismegistus</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tjenenyet" title="Tjenenyet">Tjenenyet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tutu_(Egyptian_god)" title="Tutu (Egyptian god)">Tutu</a></li></ul> <p><b>U</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Unut" title="Unut">Unut</a></li></ul> <p><b>W</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wadjet" title="Wadjet">Wadjet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wadj-wer" title="Wadj-wer">Wadj-wer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weneg_(Egyptian_deity)" title="Weneg (Egyptian deity)">Weneg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wepset" title="Wepset">Wepset</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wepwawet" title="Wepwawet">Wepwawet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Werethekau" title="Werethekau">Werethekau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wosret" title="Wosret">Wosret</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:#decd87;;border:1px solid #decd87;text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)">Locations</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aaru" title="Aaru">Aaru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benben" title="Benben">Benben</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duat" title="Duat">Duat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Land_of_Manu" title="Land of Manu">Land of Manu</a></li> <li><a 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<li><a href="/wiki/Imiut_fetish" title="Imiut fetish">Imiut fetish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khepresh" title="Khepresh">Khepresh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kneph" title="Kneph">Kneph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matet_boat" class="mw-redirect" title="Matet boat">Matet boat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medjed_(fish)" title="Medjed (fish)">Medjed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Menat" title="Menat">Menat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nebu" title="Nebu">Nebu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nemes" title="Nemes">Nemes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neshmet" title="Neshmet">Neshmet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ouroboros" title="Ouroboros">Ouroboros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pschent" title="Pschent">Pschent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scarab_(artifact)" title="Scarab (artifact)">Scarab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seqtet_boat" class="mw-redirect" title="Seqtet boat">Seqtet boat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serekh" title="Serekh">Serekh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serpopard" 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title="Portal:Ancient Egypt">Ancient Egypt portal</a></td></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar ul{display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::before{margin-right:-0.125em;content:"[ "}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::after{margin-left:-0.125em;content:" ]"}.mw-parser-output .navbar li{word-spacing:-0.125em}.mw-parser-output .navbar a>span,.mw-parser-output .navbar a>abbr{text-decoration:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-mini abbr{font-variant:small-caps;border-bottom:none;text-decoration:none;cursor:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-full{font-size:114%;margin:0 7em}.mw-parser-output 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was an important sacred animal to the ancient Egyptians. As with the other sacred beasts, Apis' importance increased over the centuries. During colonization of the conquered Egypt, Greek and Roman authors had much to say about Apis, the markings by which the black calf was recognized, the manner of his conception by a <a href="/wiki/Sunlight" title="Sunlight">ray from heaven</a>, his house at Memphis (with a court for his deportment), the mode of prognostication from his actions, his death, the mourning at his death, his costly burial, and the rejoicings throughout the country when a new Apis was found. <a href="/wiki/Auguste_Mariette" title="Auguste Mariette">Auguste Mariette</a>'s excavation of the <a href="/wiki/Serapeum_of_Saqqara" title="Serapeum of Saqqara">Serapeum of Saqqara</a> revealed the tombs of more than sixty animals, ranging from the time of <a href="/wiki/Amenhotep_III" title="Amenhotep III">Amenhotep III</a> to the end of the <a href="/wiki/Ptolemaic_dynasty" title="Ptolemaic dynasty">Ptolemaic dynasty</a>. Originally, each animal was buried in a separate tomb with a chapel built above it. From <a href="/wiki/Ramesses_II" title="Ramesses II">Ramesses II</a> onward, bulls were interred in interconnected underground galleries.<sup id="cite_ref-EB1911_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EB1911-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History_of_worship">History of worship</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Apis_(deity)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History of worship"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Worship of an Apis bull, experienced by ancient Egyptians as holy, has been known since the <a href="/wiki/First_Dynasty_of_Egypt" title="First Dynasty of Egypt">First Dynasty</a> in <a href="/wiki/Memphis,_Egypt" title="Memphis, Egypt">Memphis</a>, while worship of the Apis as a proper god, at least according to <a href="/wiki/Manetho" title="Manetho">Manetho</a>'s <i>Aegyptiaca</i>, seems to be a later adoption, purportedly started during the reign of king <i>Kaiechos</i> (possibly <a href="/wiki/Nebra_(Pharaoh)" class="mw-redirect" title="Nebra (Pharaoh)">Nebra</a>) of the <a href="/wiki/Second_Dynasty_of_Egypt" title="Second Dynasty of Egypt">Second Dynasty</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Apis is named on very early monuments, but little is known of the divine animal before the <a href="/wiki/New_Kingdom_of_Egypt" title="New Kingdom of Egypt">New Kingdom</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-EB1911_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EB1911-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ceremonial burials of bulls indicate that ritual sacrifice was part of the worship of the early cow deities, Hathor and <a href="/wiki/Bat_(goddess)" title="Bat (goddess)">Bat</a>, and a bull might represent her offspring, a king who became a deity after death.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> He was entitled "the renewal of the life" of the Memphite deity <a href="/wiki/Ptah" title="Ptah">Ptah</a>: but after death, he became Osorapis, i.e. the Osiris Apis, just as dead humans were assimilated to Osiris, the ruler of the underworld. This Osorapis was identified with <a href="/wiki/Serapis" title="Serapis">Serapis</a> of the late <a href="/wiki/Hellenistic_period" title="Hellenistic period">Hellenistic period</a> and may well be identical with him. Creating parallels to their own religious beliefs, <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greece" title="Ancient Greece">ancient Greek</a> writers identified Apis as an incarnation of Osiris, ignoring the connection with Ptah.<sup id="cite_ref-EB1911_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EB1911-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Apis was the most popular of three great bull cults of ancient Egypt, the others being the cults of <a href="/wiki/Mnevis" title="Mnevis">Mnevis</a> and <a href="/wiki/Buchis" title="Buchis">Buchis</a>. All are related to the worship of Hathor or Bat, similar primary goddesses separated by region until unification that eventually merged as Hathor. The worship of Apis was continued by the Greeks and after them by the Romans, and lasted until almost 400 CE. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Herald_of_Ptah">Herald of Ptah</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Apis_(deity)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Herald of Ptah"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Procession_of_the_Bull_Apis_by_Frederick_Arthur_Bridgman,_1879.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/The_Procession_of_the_Bull_Apis_by_Frederick_Arthur_Bridgman%2C_1879.jpg/220px-The_Procession_of_the_Bull_Apis_by_Frederick_Arthur_Bridgman%2C_1879.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="127" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/The_Procession_of_the_Bull_Apis_by_Frederick_Arthur_Bridgman%2C_1879.jpg/330px-The_Procession_of_the_Bull_Apis_by_Frederick_Arthur_Bridgman%2C_1879.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/The_Procession_of_the_Bull_Apis_by_Frederick_Arthur_Bridgman%2C_1879.jpg/440px-The_Procession_of_the_Bull_Apis_by_Frederick_Arthur_Bridgman%2C_1879.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1151" /></a><figcaption>The sacred procession of Apis Osiris by F.A. Bridgman</figcaption></figure> <p>This animal was chosen because it symbolized the courageous heart, great strength, and fighting spirit of the king. Apis came to being considered a manifestation of the king, as bulls were symbols of strength and fertility, qualities that are closely linked with kingship. "Strong bull of his mother <a href="/wiki/Hathor" title="Hathor">Hathor</a>" was a common title for Egyptian gods and male kings, being unused for women serving as king, such as <a href="/wiki/Hatshepsut" title="Hatshepsut">Hatshepsut</a>. </p><p>As early as the time of the <a href="/wiki/Narmer_Palette" title="Narmer Palette">Narmer Palette</a>, the king is depicted with a bovine tail on one side, and a bull is seen knocking down the walls of a city on the other. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Fara%C3%B3n_ante_Apis_(British_Museum).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Fara%C3%B3n_ante_Apis_%28British_Museum%29.jpg/220px-Fara%C3%B3n_ante_Apis_%28British_Museum%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Fara%C3%B3n_ante_Apis_%28British_Museum%29.jpg/330px-Fara%C3%B3n_ante_Apis_%28British_Museum%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Fara%C3%B3n_ante_Apis_%28British_Museum%29.jpg/440px-Fara%C3%B3n_ante_Apis_%28British_Museum%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3886" data-file-height="2590" /></a><figcaption>Pharaoh statuette with the Apis bull (<a href="/wiki/British_Museum" title="British Museum">British Museum</a>)</figcaption></figure> <p>Occasionally, Apis was pictured with the sun-disk symbol of his mother, Hathor, between his horns, being one of few deities ever associated with her symbol. When the disk was depicted on his head with his horns below and the triangular marking on his forehead, an <a href="/wiki/Ankh" title="Ankh">ankh</a> was suggested. That symbol always was closely associated with Hathor. </p><p>Early on, Apis was the <a href="/wiki/Reporter_(Ancient_Egypt)" title="Reporter (Ancient Egypt)">herald</a> (<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/w%E1%B8%A5m" class="extiw" title="wikt:wḥm"><i>wḥm</i></a>) of <a href="/wiki/Ptah" title="Ptah">Ptah</a>, the chief deity in the area around <a href="/wiki/Memphis,_Egypt" title="Memphis, Egypt">Memphis</a>. As a manifestation of Ptah, Apis also was considered to be a symbol of the king, embodying the qualities of kingship. In the region where Ptah was worshiped, <a href="/wiki/Cattle" title="Cattle">cattle</a> exhibited white patterning on their mainly black bodies, and so a belief grew up that the Apis calf had to have a certain set of markings suitable to its role. It was required to have a white <a href="/wiki/Triangle" title="Triangle">triangular</a> marking upon its forehead, a white <a href="/wiki/Egyptian_vulture" title="Egyptian vulture">Egyptian vulture</a> wing outline on its back, a <a href="/wiki/Scarab_(artifact)" title="Scarab (artifact)">scarab</a> mark under its tongue, a white <a href="/wiki/Moon" title="Moon">crescent moon</a> shape on its right flank, and double hairs on his tail. </p><p>The calf that matched these markings was selected from the herds, brought to a <a href="/wiki/Egyptian_temple" title="Egyptian temple">temple</a>, given a <a href="/wiki/Harem" title="Harem">harem</a> of cows, and worshiped as an aspect of Ptah. The cow who was his mother was believed to have conceived him by a flash of <a href="/wiki/Lightning" title="Lightning">lightning</a> from the heavens, or from <a href="/wiki/Moonlight" title="Moonlight">moonbeams</a>. She also was treated specially, and given a special burial. At the temple, Apis was used as an <a href="/wiki/Oracle" title="Oracle">oracle</a>, his movements being interpreted as prophecies. His breath was believed to cure disease and his presence to bless those around with strength. A window was created in the temple through which he could be viewed and, on certain holidays, he was led through the streets of the city, bedecked with jewelry and flowers. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Api_or_Hapi_(Apis,_Taureau_Consacr%C3%A9_a_la_Lune),_N372.2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Api_or_Hapi_%28Apis%2C_Taureau_Consacr%C3%A9_a_la_Lune%29%2C_N372.2.jpg/220px-Api_or_Hapi_%28Apis%2C_Taureau_Consacr%C3%A9_a_la_Lune%29%2C_N372.2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="142" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Api_or_Hapi_%28Apis%2C_Taureau_Consacr%C3%A9_a_la_Lune%29%2C_N372.2.jpg/330px-Api_or_Hapi_%28Apis%2C_Taureau_Consacr%C3%A9_a_la_Lune%29%2C_N372.2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Api_or_Hapi_%28Apis%2C_Taureau_Consacr%C3%A9_a_la_Lune%29%2C_N372.2.jpg/440px-Api_or_Hapi_%28Apis%2C_Taureau_Consacr%C3%A9_a_la_Lune%29%2C_N372.2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1536" data-file-height="989" /></a><figcaption>Api or Hapi (Apis, Taureau Consacré a la Lune), N372.2, <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Museum" title="Brooklyn Museum">Brooklyn Museum</a></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Burial">Burial</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Apis_(deity)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Burial"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Serapeum_of_Saqqara" title="Serapeum of Saqqara">Serapeum of Saqqara</a></div> <p>Details of the <a href="/wiki/Mummification" class="mw-redirect" title="Mummification">mummification</a> ritual of the sacred bull are written within the <a href="/wiki/Apis_papyrus" class="mw-redirect" title="Apis papyrus">Apis papyrus</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Vos_R.L._6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Vos_R.L.-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sometimes the body of the bull was <a href="/wiki/Mummy" title="Mummy">mummified</a> and fixed in a standing position on a foundation made of wooden planks. </p><p>By the New Kingdom period, the remains of the sacred bulls were interred at the cemetery of <a href="/wiki/Saqqara" title="Saqqara">Saqqara</a>. The earliest known burial in Saqqara was performed in the reign of <a href="/wiki/Amenhotep_III" title="Amenhotep III">Amenhotep III</a> by his son <a href="/wiki/Thutmose_(prince)" title="Thutmose (prince)">Thutmose</a>; afterward, seven more bulls were buried nearby. <a href="/wiki/Ramesses_II" title="Ramesses II">Ramesses II</a> initiated Apis burials in what now is known as the <a href="/wiki/Serapeum_of_Saqqara" title="Serapeum of Saqqara">Serapeum</a>, an underground complex of burial chambers at Saqqara for the sacred bulls, a site used throughout the rest of Ancient Egyptian history into the reign of <a href="/wiki/Cleopatra" title="Cleopatra">Cleopatra</a>. </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Stele_dedicated_to_Apis-Louvre_N_5417-mp3h8842.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Stele_dedicated_to_Apis-Louvre_N_5417-mp3h8842.jpg/220px-Stele_dedicated_to_Apis-Louvre_N_5417-mp3h8842.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Stele_dedicated_to_Apis-Louvre_N_5417-mp3h8842.jpg/330px-Stele_dedicated_to_Apis-Louvre_N_5417-mp3h8842.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Stele_dedicated_to_Apis-Louvre_N_5417-mp3h8842.jpg/440px-Stele_dedicated_to_Apis-Louvre_N_5417-mp3h8842.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2336" data-file-height="2331" /></a><figcaption>Stele dedicated to an Apis, dating to Year 21 of <a href="/wiki/Psamtik_I" title="Psamtik I">Psamtik I</a> (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 644 BCE</span>)</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Khaemweset" title="Khaemweset">Khaemweset</a>, the priestly son of <a href="/wiki/Ramesses_II" title="Ramesses II">Ramesses II</a> (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1300 BCE</span>), excavated a great gallery to be lined with the tomb chambers; another similar gallery was added by <a href="/wiki/Psamtik_I" title="Psamtik I">Psamtik I</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The careful documentation of the ages of the animals in the later instances, with the regnal dates for their birth, enthronement, and death have thrown much light on the chronology from the <a href="/wiki/Twenty-second_Dynasty_of_Egypt" title="Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt">Twenty-second Dynasty</a> onward. The name of the mother cow and the place of the calf's birth are often recorded. The <a href="/wiki/Sarcophagus" title="Sarcophagus">sarcophagi</a> are of immense size and the burial must have entailed enormous expense. It is remarkable, therefore, that the ancient religious leaders contrived to bury one of the animals in the fourth year of <a href="/wiki/Cambyses_II" title="Cambyses II">Cambyses II</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-EB1911_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EB1911-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Apis was a protector of the deceased and linked to the pharaoh. Horns embellish some of the tombs of ancient pharaohs and Apis often was depicted on private coffins as a powerful protector. As a form of Osiris, ruler of the underworld, it was believed that to be under the protection of Apis would give the person control over the four winds in the afterlife. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="From_animal_to_human">From animal to human</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Apis_(deity)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: From animal to human"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Apis_MGEg_Inv22808.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Apis_MGEg_Inv22808.jpg/220px-Apis_MGEg_Inv22808.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="369" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Apis_MGEg_Inv22808.jpg/330px-Apis_MGEg_Inv22808.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Apis_MGEg_Inv22808.jpg/440px-Apis_MGEg_Inv22808.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1575" data-file-height="2640" /></a><figcaption>Anthropomorphical representation of Apis, Ptolemaic Period (3rd–2nd centuries BC).</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Serapis_Pio-Clementino_Inv689_n2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Serapis_Pio-Clementino_Inv689_n2.jpg/220px-Serapis_Pio-Clementino_Inv689_n2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="300" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Serapis_Pio-Clementino_Inv689_n2.jpg/330px-Serapis_Pio-Clementino_Inv689_n2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Serapis_Pio-Clementino_Inv689_n2.jpg/440px-Serapis_Pio-Clementino_Inv689_n2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2350" data-file-height="3200" /></a><figcaption>Bust of the Hellenistic-Egyptian deity <a href="/wiki/Serapis" title="Serapis">Serapis</a>, Roman copy of an original by <a href="/wiki/Bryaxis" title="Bryaxis">Bryaxis</a> that stood at the <a href="/wiki/Serapeum_of_Alexandria" title="Serapeum of Alexandria">Serapeion of Alexandria</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vatican_Museums" title="Vatican Museums">Vatican Museums</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kunsthistorisches_Museum_Vienna_June_2006_002.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Kunsthistorisches_Museum_Vienna_June_2006_002.jpg/220px-Kunsthistorisches_Museum_Vienna_June_2006_002.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Kunsthistorisches_Museum_Vienna_June_2006_002.jpg/330px-Kunsthistorisches_Museum_Vienna_June_2006_002.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Kunsthistorisches_Museum_Vienna_June_2006_002.jpg/440px-Kunsthistorisches_Museum_Vienna_June_2006_002.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1920" data-file-height="2560" /></a><figcaption>Gilded sculpture of an Apis head with the sacred disk of Hathor, <a href="/wiki/Kunsthistorisches_Museum" title="Kunsthistorisches Museum">Kunsthistorisches Museum</a></figcaption></figure> <p>According to <a href="/wiki/Arrian" title="Arrian">Arrian</a>, Apis was one of the Egyptian deities <a href="/wiki/Alexander_the_Great" title="Alexander the Great">Alexander the Great</a> propitiated by offering a sacrifice during his seizure of Ancient Egypt from the Persians.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After Alexander's death, his general <a href="/wiki/Ptolemy_I_Soter" title="Ptolemy I Soter">Ptolemy I Soter</a> made efforts to integrate Egyptian religion with that of the new Hellenic rulers. Ptolemy's policy was to find a deity that might win the reverence of both groups, despite the curses of the Egyptian religious leaders against the deities of the previous foreign rulers (i.e. <a href="/wiki/Set_(deity)" title="Set (deity)">Set</a>, lauded by the <a href="/wiki/Hyksos" title="Hyksos">Hyksos</a>). Without success, Alexander had attempted to use <a href="/wiki/Amun" title="Amun">Amun</a> for this purpose, but that deity was more prominent in <a href="/wiki/Upper_Egypt" title="Upper Egypt">Upper Egypt</a> and not for those in <a href="/wiki/Lower_Egypt" title="Lower Egypt">Lower Egypt</a>, where the Greeks had stronger influence. Since the Greeks had little respect for animal-headed deities, a Greek statue was created as an idol and proclaimed as an <a href="/wiki/Anthropomorphism" title="Anthropomorphism">anthropomorphic</a> equivalent of the highly popular Apis. It was named <i>Aser-hapi</i> (i.e. <i>Osiris-Apis</i>), which became <b><a href="/wiki/Serapis" title="Serapis">Serapis</a></b>, and later was said to represent Osiris fully, rather than just his <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_concept_of_the_soul#Ka_(vital_spark)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ancient Egyptian concept of the soul">Ka</a>. </p><p>The earliest mention of a <i>Serapis</i> is in the authentic death scene of Alexander, from the royal diaries.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Here, <i>Serapis</i> has a temple at <a href="/wiki/Babylon" title="Babylon">Babylon</a>, and is of such importance that he alone is named as being consulted on behalf of the dying Alexander. The presence of this temple in Babylon radically altered perceptions of the mythologies of this era, although it has been discovered that the unconnected Babylonian deity <a href="/wiki/Enki" title="Enki">Ea</a> was entitled <i>Serapsi</i>, meaning <i>king of the deep</i>, and it is Serapsi who is referred to in the diaries, not Serapis. The significance of this <i>Serapsi</i> in the Hellenic psyche, however, due to its involvement in Alexander's death, also may have contributed to the choice of <i>Osiris-Apis</i> as the chief Ptolemaic deity during their occupation of Ancient Egypt. </p><p>According to <a href="/wiki/Plutarch" title="Plutarch">Plutarch</a>, Ptolemy stole the statue from <a href="/wiki/Sinop,_Turkey" title="Sinop, Turkey">Sinope</a>, having been instructed in a dream by the <a href="/wiki/Unknown_God" title="Unknown God">Unknown God</a> to bring the statue to <a href="/wiki/Alexandria" title="Alexandria">Alexandria</a>, where the statue was pronounced to be "Serapis" by two religious experts. Among those experts was one of the Eumolpidae, the ancient family from which the <a href="/wiki/Hierophant" title="Hierophant">hierophant</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Eleusinian_Mysteries" title="Eleusinian Mysteries">Eleusinian Mysteries</a> traditionally had been chosen since before any historical records. The other expert supposedly was the scholarly Egyptian priest Manetho, which increased acceptability from both the <a href="/wiki/Egyptians" title="Egyptians">Egyptians</a> and the Greeks. </p><p>Plutarch may not be correct, however, as some Egyptologists assert that the <i>Sinope</i> in Plutarch's report is the hill of Sinopeion, a name given to the site of an existing Serapeum at Memphis. Also, according to <a href="/wiki/Tacitus" title="Tacitus">Tacitus</a>, Serapis (i.e. Apis explicitly identified as Osiris in full) had been the <a href="/wiki/Tutelary_deity" title="Tutelary deity">tutelary deity</a> of the village of <a href="/wiki/Rhacotis" title="Rhacotis">Rhacotis</a>, before it suddenly expanded into the great capital of "Alexandria". </p><p>Being introduced by the Greeks, understandably, the statue depicted a fully human figure resembling <a href="/wiki/Hades" title="Hades">Hades</a> or <a href="/wiki/Pluto_(mythology)" title="Pluto (mythology)">Pluto</a>, both being kings of the Greek <a href="/wiki/Underworld" title="Underworld">underworld</a>. The figure was enthroned with the <i><a href="/wiki/Modius_(headdress)" title="Modius (headdress)">modius</a></i>, which is a basket or a grain-measure, on his head, a Greek <a href="/wiki/Symbol" title="Symbol">symbol</a> for the land of the dead. He also held a <a href="/wiki/Sceptre" title="Sceptre">sceptre</a>, indicating rulership, and <a href="/wiki/Cerberus" title="Cerberus">Cerberus</a>, gatekeeper of the underworld, rested at his feet. It also had what appeared to be a <a href="/wiki/Serpent_(symbolism)" class="mw-redirect" title="Serpent (symbolism)">serpent</a> at its base, fitting the Egyptian symbol of sovereignty, the <a href="/wiki/Uraeus" title="Uraeus">uraeus</a>. </p><p>With his (i.e., Osiris') wife, <a href="/wiki/Isis" title="Isis">Isis</a>, and their son (at this point in history) <a href="/wiki/Horus" title="Horus">Horus</a> (in the form of <i><a href="/wiki/Harpocrates" title="Harpocrates">Harpocrates</a></i>), Serapis won an important place in the Greek world, reaching <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Rome" title="Ancient Rome">Ancient Rome</a>, with <a href="/wiki/Anubis" title="Anubis">Anubis</a> being identified as Cerberus. The cult survived until 385, when Christians destroyed the Serapeum of Alexandria, and subsequently, the cult was forbidden by the <a href="/wiki/Edict_of_Thessalonica" title="Edict of Thessalonica">Edict of Thessalonica</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Modern_use">Modern use</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Apis_(deity)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Modern use"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The pharmaceutical company <a href="/wiki/Novo_Nordisk" title="Novo Nordisk">Novo Nordisk</a> uses Apis as its logo. </p><p>In modern day <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a>, an entire district of the city of <a href="/wiki/Alexandria" title="Alexandria">Alexandria</a> is named after the Apis bull. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Apis_(deity)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Apis_bulls" title="List of Apis bulls">List of Apis bulls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ankh" title="Ankh">Ankh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Au%C3%B0umbla" title="Auðumbla">Auðumbla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golden_calf" title="Golden calf">Golden calf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hathor" title="Hathor">Hathor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hesat" title="Hesat">Hesat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mehet-Weret" title="Mehet-Weret">Mehet-Weret</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nandi_(bull)" class="mw-redirect" title="Nandi (bull)">Nandi (bull)</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Apis_(deity)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Ancient Egyptian language">Ancient Egyptian</a>: <i lang="egy">ḥjpw</i>, reconstructed as <a href="/wiki/Old_Egyptian_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Old Egyptian language">Old Egyptian</a> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">*/ˈħujp?w/</span> with unknown final vowel ><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="The text near this tag may need clarification or removal of jargon. (May 2024)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup> <a href="/wiki/Middle_Egyptian_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Middle Egyptian language">Medio-Late Egyptian</a> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">ˈħeʔp(?w)</span>, <a href="/wiki/Coptic_language" title="Coptic language">Coptic</a>: <span lang="cop">ϩⲁⲡⲉ</span> <i>ḥapə</i></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Apis_(deity)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-:03-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-:03_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:03_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFCeram1967" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/C._W._Ceram" title="C. 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Knopf</a>. pp. 130–131.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Gods%2C+Graves%2C+and+Scholars%3A+The+Story+of+Archaeology&rft.place=New+York&rft.pages=130-131&rft.edition=2nd&rft.pub=Alfred+A.+Knopf&rft.date=1967&rft.aulast=Ceram&rft.aufirst=C.+W.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApis+%28deity%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-EB1911-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-EB1911_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-EB1911_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-EB1911_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-EB1911_3-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="noprint"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/18px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/24px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="410" data-file-height="430" /></span></span> </span>One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the <a href="/wiki/Public_domain" title="Public domain">public domain</a>: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGriffith1911" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1"><a href="/wiki/Francis_Llewellyn_Griffith" title="Francis Llewellyn Griffith">Griffith, Francis Llewellyn</a> (1911). "<a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Apis" class="extiw" title="s:1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Apis">Apis</a>". In <a href="/wiki/Hugh_Chisholm" title="Hugh Chisholm">Chisholm, Hugh</a> (ed.). <i><a href="/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica_Eleventh_Edition" title="Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition">Encyclopædia Britannica</a></i>. Vol. 2 (11th ed.). 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Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. p. 59. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-3-447-05540-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-3-447-05540-6"><bdi>978-3-447-05540-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=%22Ra+is+My+Lord%22%3A+Searching+for+the+Rise+of+the+Sun+God+at+the+Dawn+of+Egyptian+History&rft.pages=59&rft.pub=Otto+Harrassowitz+Verlag&rft.date=2007&rft.isbn=978-3-447-05540-6&rft.aulast=Kahl&rft.aufirst=Jochem&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DtTzrbPfbGugC%26pg%3DPA59&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApis+%28deity%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Vos_R.L.-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Vos_R.L._6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFVos_R.L.1993" class="citation book cs1">Vos R.L. (1993). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150702030349/http://www.peeters-leuven.be/boekoverz.asp?nr=2797"><i>The Apis Embalming Ritual - P. Vindob. 3873</i></a>. Peeters publishers 1992. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-90-6831-438-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-90-6831-438-0"><bdi>978-90-6831-438-0</bdi></a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.peeters-leuven.be/boekoverz.asp?nr=2797">the original</a> on 2015-07-02<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2015-07-02</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Apis+Embalming+Ritual+-+P.+Vindob.+3873&rft.pub=Peeters+publishers+1992&rft.date=1993&rft.isbn=978-90-6831-438-0&rft.au=Vos+R.L.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.peeters-leuven.be%2Fboekoverz.asp%3Fnr%3D2797&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApis+%28deity%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPrice2022" class="citation journal cs1">Price, Campbell (12 August 2022). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.mdpi.com/2571-9408/5/3/115/pdf">"The Legacy of Prince Khaemwaset at Saqqara"</a>. <i>Heritage</i>. <b>5</b> (3): 2196–2209. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.3390%2Fheritage5030115">10.3390/heritage5030115</a></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Heritage&rft.atitle=The+Legacy+of+Prince+Khaemwaset+at+Saqqara&rft.volume=5&rft.issue=3&rft.pages=2196-2209&rft.date=2022-08-12&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.3390%2Fheritage5030115&rft.aulast=Price&rft.aufirst=Campbell&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mdpi.com%2F2571-9408%2F5%2F3%2F115%2Fpdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApis+%28deity%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFArrian" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Arrian" title="Arrian">Arrian</a>. <a href="/wiki/Anabasis_Alexandri" class="mw-redirect" title="Anabasis Alexandri"><i>Anabasis</i></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Anabasis&rft.au=Arrian&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApis+%28deity%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFArrian" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Arrian" title="Arrian">Arrian</a>. "VII". <a href="/wiki/Anabasis_Alexandri" class="mw-redirect" title="Anabasis Alexandri"><i>Anabasis</i></a>. p. 26.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=VII&rft.btitle=Anabasis&rft.pages=26&rft.au=Arrian&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApis+%28deity%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Apis_(deity)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>J.-F. Brunet, The XXIInd and XXVth Dynasties Apis Burial Conundrum, in: Journal of the Ancient Chronology Forum 10 (2005), 26-34.</li> <li>M. Ibrahim, en D. Rohl, Apis and the Serapeum, in: Journal of the Ancient Chronology Forum 2 (JACF 1988) 6-26.</li> <li>Mark Smith, <i>Following Osiris: Perspectives on the Osirian Afterlife from Four Millennia</i>. Oxford University Press, 2017.</li> <li>Ad Thijs, <i>The Ramesside Section of the Serapeum</i>, SAK 47, 2018.</li> <li>Dorothy J. Thompson, <i>Memphis Under the Ptolemies, Second Edition</i>. Princeton, 2012.</li> <li>Jacques Vandier, Memphis et le taureau Apis dans le papyrus Jumilhac (in French), in: Jean Sainte Faire Garnot (ed), <i>Mélanges Mariette</i>. Cairo, 1961.</li> <li>Jean Vercoutter, The Napatan Kings and Apis Worship, in: KUSH 8 (1960), 62-76.</li> <li>R. L. Vos, <i>The Apis Embalming Ritual: P. Vindob. 3873</i>. 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title="Heh (god)">Heh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kauket" class="mw-redirect" title="Kauket">Kauket</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kek_(mythology)" title="Kek (mythology)">Kek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naunet" class="mw-redirect" title="Naunet">Naunet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nu_(mythology)" title="Nu (mythology)">Nu</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#decd87;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ennead" title="Ennead">Ennead</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Atum" title="Atum">Atum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geb" title="Geb">Geb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isis" title="Isis">Isis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nephthys" title="Nephthys">Nephthys</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nut_(goddess)" title="Nut (goddess)">Nut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Osiris" title="Osiris">Osiris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Set_(deity)" title="Set (deity)">Set</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shu_(Egyptian_god)" title="Shu (Egyptian god)">Shu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tefnut" title="Tefnut">Tefnut</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#decd87;;width:1%">Triads</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Theban_Triad" title="Theban Triad">Theban Triad</a></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b>A</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aati" title="Aati">Aati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aker_(deity)" title="Aker (deity)">Aker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akhty_(deity)" title="Akhty (deity)">Akhty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amenhotep,_son_of_Hapu" title="Amenhotep, son of Hapu">Amenhotep, son of Hapu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amesemi" title="Amesemi">Amesemi</a></li> <li><a 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Maat">Assessors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astarte" title="Astarte">Astarte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aten" title="Aten">Aten</a></li> <li><b>B</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Babi_(mythology)" title="Babi (mythology)">Babi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banebdjedet" title="Banebdjedet">Banebdjedet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bastet" title="Bastet">Bastet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bat_(goddess)" title="Bat (goddess)">Bat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bata_(god)" title="Bata (god)">Bata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ba-Pef" title="Ba-Pef">Ba-Pef</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bennu" title="Bennu">Bennu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bes" title="Bes">Bes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buchis" title="Buchis">Buchis</a></li> <li><b>C</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cavern_deities_of_the_underworld" title="Cavern deities of the underworld">Cavern deities</a></li> <li><b>D</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dedun" title="Dedun">Dedun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dionysus-Osiris" title="Dionysus-Osiris">Dionysus-Osiris</a></li> <li><b>F</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Four_sons_of_Horus" title="Four sons of Horus">Four sons of Horus</a></li> <li><b>G</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gate_deities_of_the_underworld" title="Gate deities of the underworld">Gate deities</a></li> <li><b>H</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ha_(mythology)" title="Ha (mythology)">Ha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hapi_(Nile_god)" title="Hapi (Nile god)">Hapi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hathor" title="Hathor">Hathor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hatmehit" title="Hatmehit">Hatmehit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hauron" title="Hauron">Hauron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hedetet" title="Hedetet">Hedetet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hedjhotep" title="Hedjhotep">Hedjhotep</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heka_(god)" title="Heka (god)">Heka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hemen" title="Hemen">Hemen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hemsut" title="Hemsut">Hemsut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henet" title="Henet">Henet</a></li> <li><a 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