Did you know...
*Bulls were symbols of strength and fertility in ancient Egypt.
*Apis was the bull of the city of Memphis and associated with the solar gods and Osiris, God of Death and Resurrection.
*When the Apis Bull died, he was embalmed just like a human being and given a magnificent burial.
Look for...
*The sun disk and cobra (uraeus) on his head
*The naturalistic way he is carved to look as though he were walking
*The lines carved around his eyes and on his neck to indicate folds of flesh
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Striding Apis Bull
Serpentinite, 18 x 22-7/8 inches
Egypt, probably early Ptolemaic Period, 400-100 bc
© The Cleveland Museum of Art
Leonard C. Hanna, Jr., Fund, 1969.118
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