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Sarapis

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To the Greeks, it would appear, Sarapis was the form taken by the deceased Apis bull.

The temple of Sarapis was stormed amid scenes of riot and turbulence, and the last refuge of the Egyptian faith was gone.

This feature was very strikingly exemplified in the god Sarapis, a deity equally reverenced by the Greeks and the Egyptians.

There is also a temple of Sarapis, situated in a very sandy spot, where the sand is accumulated in masses by the wind.

Here Sarapis is worshipped, and they are the only people in Egypt who sacrifice a sheep.

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