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The serape is not a typical garment for the Maya highland people, who wear different clothing in cold regions. [citation needed] The Guatemalan serape is an imitation of the Mexican serape with a Maya twist, and their production is intended for sales to foreigners or city dwellers who feel attracted to the garment.
The Serapeum of Saqqara was the ancient Egyptian burial place for sacred bulls of the Apis cult at Memphis.It was believed that the bulls were incarnations of the god Ptah, which would become immortal after death as Osiris-Apis, a name which evolved to Serapis (Σέραπις) in the Hellenistic period, and Userhapi (ⲟⲩⲥⲉⲣϩⲁⲡⲓ) in Coptic.
Remains of the Serapeum of Alexandria Marble bust of Serapis, Roman copy after a Greek original from the 4th century BC. A serapeum is a temple or other religious institution dedicated to the syncretic Greco-Egyptian deity Serapis, who combined aspects of Osiris and Apis in a humanized form that was accepted by the Ptolemaic Greeks of Alexandria.
The site is located on a rocky plateau, overlooking land and sea. [1] By all detailed accounts, the Serapeum was the largest and most magnificent of all temples in the Greek quarter of Alexandria.
A. Aani; Aati; Abaset; Abtu; Ahmose-Nefertari; Aker; Akhty; Amenhotep I; Amenhotep, son of Hapu; Amesemi; Am-heh; Ammit; Amu-Aa; Anat; Andjety; Anhur; Anput; Anubis ...
As one art historian wrote, "Classic Navajo serapes at their finest equal the delicacy and sophistication of any pre-mechanical loom-woven textile in the world." [1] Navajo textiles were originally utilitarian weavings, including cloaks, dresses, saddle blankets, and similar items.
On display at the Louvre (AO 4824). The Serapeum Offering Table is an Aramaic-inscribed offering table for libation found at the Serapeum of Saqqara in Egypt by Auguste Mariette in 1850.
The serape effect is a rotational trunk movement that increases the power output of the human body. It is trained in sports that involve rotation of the torso, such as boxing and discus throwing . The muscles involved in the serape effect are stretched and then snap-back with increased strength.