Serapis (Deity, Concept)

Canonical URI: http://nomisma.org/id/serapis

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Serapis (en), Sarapis (fr), Serapis (es), Serapide (it), Serapis (de), Σέραπις (el)Additional labels
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Sarapis (en)

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Serapis is a Graeco-Egyptian syncretic deity. The cult of Serapis was introduced during the third century BC on the orders of Pharaoh Ptolemy I Soter of the Ptolemaic Kingdom as a means to unify the Greeks and Egyptians in his realm.

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