PROCESSION OF THE SACRED BULL 

 Hand-painted Photogravure from ihe Painting by F. A. Bridgman 



Apis-Osiris, the Sacred Bull worshipped in Egypt, was supposed to be the 

 re-incarnation of Osiris. The birthday of the bull was celebrated by the 

 annual festival of seven days' duration. The marks of Apis were a black- 

 colored hide with white triangular spots on the forehead, a figure resembling 

 an eagle on the back, a peculiar knot under the tongue, and a white crescent 

 on the right side. The worship of the Sacred Bull began with the second 

 dynasty. 



