But more than a century later, a researcher has presented a new theory about the clay artifacts: They were part of a funerary ritual dedicated to Osiris, the ancient Egyptian god of the afterlife.

According to The Sun, it depicted two zigzagging lines that mapped out two routes the dead could use to reach Osiris, the Ancient Egyptian god of the dead, in the afterlife. The text also ...

In Ancient Egypt, when someone important died ... Mummification was just one step in preparing for the afterlife. Osiris was chief god of the dead and one of the most popular gods.

Great statues, such forms, we revere, we adore, The ancient Egyptian gods ... scribe for the other gods and the ancient Egyptians believed that he invented hieroglyphs. Osiris was the god of ...

Instead, he claimed they were used in a funeral ritual dedicated to Osiris, the ancient Egyptian god of the afterlife. In ancient Egyptian religion, Osiris was killed by his brother Seth and then ...

This effigy of the king shows him in the form of an Egyptian god Sokar-Osiris who protected the gateway to the afterlife. The Egyptians believed the deceased king to be the embodiment of the god ...

Egyptian mythology gives us the origins for the Eye of Horus. The falcon-headed god Horus, the god of kingship and of the heavens, was the son of Osiris, the underworld deity. Through myth ...