Intaglio with head of Serapis

Intaglio with head of Serapis

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Serapis was a combined form of Osiris and Apis who existed apparently he became the god of the Ptolemaic Dynasty with Ptolemy I. With the Ptolemies he acquired a Greek appearance and certain characteristics of Zeus and Hades in particular.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Met collection of ancient Egyptian art consists of approximately 30,000 objects of artistic, historical, and cultural importance, dating from about 300,000 BCE to the 4th century CE. A signifcant percentage of the collection is derived from the Museum's three decades of archaeological work in Egypt, initiated in 1906 in response to increasing interest in the culture of ancient Egypt.