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

There is no more wisdom in this city, notwithstanding the Museum, notwithstanding the Serapeum, notwithstanding the dreams of Canopus, which die away in orgies.

From The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt by Couperus, Louis

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.

From The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)

On the afternoon of the 4th, when the fighting between Serapeum and Tussum was concluded, Indian cavalry and various patrols captured some men and war materials.

From The Story of the Great War, Volume IV (of 8) Champagne, Artois, Grodno; Fall of Nish; Caucasus; Mesopotamia; Development of Air Strategy; United States and the War by Miller, Francis Trevelyan

This Serapeum or Apis mausoleum is a vast succession of huge underground vaults and elaborate granite sarcophagi, which once contained all the Apis or Sacred Bulls of Memphis.

From The Ship Dwellers A Story of a Happy Cruise by Paine, Albert Bigelow

Mariette’s excavation of the Serapeum at Memphis revealed the tombs of over sixty animals, ranging from the time of Amenophis III. to that of Ptolemy Alexander.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various