Apis bull

I nagged our guides about the Apis Bull during our time in Egypt but we were not in the right place (Serapeum) to see much evidence. The right place turned out to be a room in the
Louvre. The Apis was a rare sacred bull associated with the god Ptah. Some the wall paintings in this room showed what we would think of as a Jersey cow. Life for an Apis was good-much pampering and special food. Kobe beef came to mind. When you died, you got to be a very large mummy. As usual, the publicity-seeking Ramses II claimed a relationship with the Apis and there were numerous stele and carvings in the Louvre exhibits from Ramses reign.