Facts about Apis Bull
The Apis bull is a rare example of the Egyptians worshiping a living animal as a god. The Apis was a special bull believed to be a god by the ancient Egyptians. He was worshiped during his life and then mummified when he died. We will discover together the amazing stories about the animal gods through our Egypt tours.
Our Egypt day tours are rich in Historical places that tell about Egyptian pharaohs, Egyptian mythology, animals god and more. So I advise you to book our Luxor day tours because it is one of the most important cities for tourism including in our Egypt travel packages. The cult of the Apis was central to Egyptian religion and dates from Egypt’s earliest settlement. Because of its strength and virility, the bull was associated with the pharaoh and his divinity. The cult of the Apis, associated with PTAH, the creator god of Memphis, was very popular during the reign of the Ptolemies, Greeks who ruled Egypt from the city of Alexandria (332–32 B.C).
According to the Greek historian Herodotus a bolt of lightning came down from heaven and impregnated the mother of the Apis. The Apis calf had special markings that you will discover during Egypt Luxury tours: It was black with a white diamond on its forehead, an eagle on its back, a scarab under its tongue, and split tail hairs.
If you are looking for a different Egypt Classic tours to discover more secrets about Apis bull, Head to Memphis city that is included in our Cairo day tours. Memphis was the center for worship of the god Apis. During this Egypt Culture tours you will see his huge statues of Apis and listen to his Myths.
The death of Apis Bull
There was only one Apis bull alive at any time. When the bull died, all of Egypt mourned, and a search for the new Apis calf began. In general, the Egyptian religion was based on the idea of resurrection that you will explore during Egypt budget tours: When a person died, he or she could resurrect in the next world. When the Apis bull died, however, the Egyptians seemed to believe in reincarnation, that the bull would be born again in this world in the body of another bull, our Egypt christmas tours and Egypt Easter tours is full of amazing a different Egyptian mythology stories that will amaze you, so don't miss the Chance and book your favorite Egypt trips.
When the Apis bull died, it was mummified on a huge alabaster table, and several of these mummified- tables can still be seen at the site of the ancient city of Memphis that is included in our Egypt short break tours. After the rites of mummification, the Apis was taken in a sacred procession to a special burial place, the Serapeum, an extensive underground cavern at Saqqara that held the granite sarcophagus of each Apis bull.
The Apis bull was one of three sacred bulls in ancient Egypt. The cult of the Apis bull was so popular and so important to the Egyptians that when the invading Persian king Cambyses (ruled 525–522 B.c.) reached the city of Memphis, he could think of no greater insult than kill and eat the Ap.
