Egypt: The Treasure of the Sacred Bulls
Saqqara, Egypt, 1850. Auguste Mariette discovers the Serapeum, the burial place of the Apis bull, one of the most sacred sites in ancient Egypt. Today, a mission mandated by the Louvre Museum in Paris picks up the work where the French Egyptologist had left off – writing the next chapter in one of the greatest adventures in the history of archaeology.
Saqqara, Egypt, 1850. Auguste Mariette discovers the Serapeum, the burial place of the Apis bull, one of the most sacred sites in ancient Egypt. Today, a mission mandated by the Louvre Museum in Paris picks up the work where the French Egyptologist had left off – writing the next chapter in one of the greatest adventures in the history of archaeology.
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