The salvage operation of the Apis tombs known as the Serapeum is finally completed Dozens of journalists, photographers and top officials as well as archaeologists and restorers gathered today at the ...

Egyptian officials have reopened the Serapeum of Saqqara, a vast underground necropolis south of Cairo dedicated to the bulls of Apis, after 11 years and complete renovation of the historic site. An ...

Beneath the sands of Saqqara, near Egypt’s great pyramids, lies the Serapeum, an underground labyrinth named for the god Serapis. Once a resting place for sacred Apis bulls, it became a symbol of ...

Khamwese, Lost Prince of the Apis Bulls In his role as High Priest of Ptah, Khamwese's career was bound up with the cult of the Apis Bull. As the sacred animal of Ptah, the bull was believed to ...

In Saqqara-- considered as the richest archeological city in Egypt, the Serapeum, also known as the Apis bull was reopened on Thursday after it was renovated. It is a long corridor with granite or ...

Hidden beneath the desert plateau at Saqqara, a network of rock‑cut corridors holds some of the most perplexing stonework on Earth: vast granite boxes sealed in darkness for millennia. Their scale, ...

Saqqara is renowned for being one of Greater Cairo’s most alluring locations for archaeologists and tourists alike. One of the main reasons many prefer this archaeological site to the Giza Pyramids ...