Seven churches
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THE SEVEN CHURCHES<br />
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Healing Houses<br />
Serapeum<br />
A temple to the ancient Egyptian god of the underworld was erected in the lower city of<br />
Pergamum. The Serapis cult was founded by Ptolemy I and was centered in Alexandria.<br />
Held to be a god of healing, particularly of blindness, Serapis was one of a number of<br />
Egyptian deities worshiped in ancient Greece and Rome.
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