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serapeum
thumb|Remains of the Serapeum of Alexandria
thumb|Marble bust of Serapis, Roman copy after a Greek original from the 4th century BC
A serapeum is a temple or other religious institution dedicated to the syncretic Greco-Egyptian deity Serapis, who combined aspects of Osiris and Apis in a humanized form that was accepted by the Ptolemaic Greeks of Alexandria. There were several such religious centers, each of which was called a serapeion/serapeum () or poserapi (), coming from an Egyptian name for the temple of Osiris-Apis ().
Serapeum of Alexandria
temple in Alexandria
Serapeum of Saqqara
Burial place of Apis bulls in Saqqara
Temple of Isis and Serapis
double temple in Rome dedicated to the Egyptian deities Isis and Serapis
Temple of Serapis
sanctuary in ancient Rome