Hello folks, Dominic here.

This episode is side content.

It consists of material from the reign of Hormheb, which I cut from the main narrative.

I usually cut them for time or because they didn't quite fit into the story as it was unfolding. But some of this material is quite interesting, and it would be a shame to leave it on the

cutting room floor.

If you're just interested in the main overarching story, feel free to skip this one.

Otherwise, enjoy some of Horamheb's unfinished business.

Music of Horamheb's unfinished business. Part 1. The Apis Bulls The necropolis of Sakara is a famous region of Egypt.

Located southwest of modern Cairo and west of the city Mitrahina,

Sakara is the vast cemetery accommodating tombs from every period of Egyptian history.

One of Sakara's more famous destinations is a monument called the Serapaeum.

The Serrapeum is a vast underground catacomb.

It is dedicated to the sacred bulls, bulls called Apis or Harpi. The concept of Apis was quite simple. It was a sacred bull kept at the temple of Ptah.

Ptah, or Petech, was the Lord of Memphis, the master of craftsmen, and one of the many,

many creator deities in Egyptian religion.

Pata, supposedly, might come to earth in the form of the Apis bull. The Apis would reside at the temple of

Patar. It would live a happy life, being fed, pampered, and given plenty of cows to mate. Over the

course of its life, each arpice would be honoured and bedecked with jewels and the finest of supplies.

People might come to Arpus making offerings and requesting things from the great God who

inhabited this bull.

When the Arpus died, it underwent a form of ceremonial mummification.

This changed over the centuries, but the gist of it is that the priests who cared for

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