Serapeum

American  

[ser-uh-pee-uhm] / ˌsɛr əˈpi əm /

noun

plural

Serapeums, Serapea

1. a place, as a burial site, building, or group of buildings, dedicated to Serapis.

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Etymology

Origin of Serapeum

1835–45; < Late Latin Serāpēum < Greek Serāpeîon

Example Sentences

The first library, that of Bruchium, containing four hundred thousand volumes, was destroyed by fire during the war of C�sar against the Alexandrians; and the second, that of Serapeum, comprising two hundred thousand volumes, bequeathed by Antony, was completely pillaged in the reign of Theodosius.

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It is remarkable that the Serapeum of Alexandria was, in the Sibylline books, specially menaced with destruction.823.Eunapius,

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Those who are interested in the discovery should consult Dr. Botti's memoir on L'Acropole d'Alexandrie et le Sérapeum, presented to the Archæological Society of Alexandria, 17th August 1895.

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The dreams, however, needed at times an interpreter to explain them, and of such an interpreter mention is made in a Greek inscription from the Serapeum at Memphis.

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Had he gone straight from Gizeh to the Fayyûm along the edge of the desert, he would have passed the step-pyramid and the Serapeum at Saqqâra.

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