Apis bull

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An Apis bull from Cleveland Museum of Art. Scanned in April 2017 at the Musuems and the Web reception. Egypt, Greco-Roman Period, Ptolemaic Dynasty or earlier serpentinite, Overall: h. 52.5 cm (20 5/8 in.). Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1969.118 Location: 107 Egyptian Sacred animal cults have a long history in ancient Egypt, but they became even more important in the Ptolemaic and Roman periods. Because each god could incarnate himself into any animal species, beasts of all sorts–dogs, cats, ibises, crocodiles–were protected, venerated, mummified, and collected by the thousands in specialized animal cemeteries.