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Serapeum of Alexandria

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Roko Rumora

Contributors: Jeffrey Becker

Last modified Jun 08, 2018 01:05 PM — History

tags: place

The Serapeum in Alexandria was a temple to Serapis erected by Ptolemy III in the third century B.C. It was destroyed in A.D. 391.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/182618516

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
31.181944, 29.896944

Locations:

Central Point:
- Center of the visible remains of the Serapeum (330 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.

Names:

None

Serapeum of Alexandria makes connections with:

Serapeum of Alexandria located at Alexandria (unspecified date range)

Serapeum of Alexandria receives connections from:

Pompey's pillar part of (physical/topographic) Serapeum of Alexandria (330 BC - 30 BC)

Place type:
architectural complex, temple

References:

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Roko Rumora, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Serapeum of Alexandria: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2018 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/182618516> [accessed: 13 May 2024]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/182618516 |title=Places: 182618516 (Serapeum of Alexandria) |author=Rumora, R. |accessdate=May 13, 2024 10:38 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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