They are, by the archaeologist’s own admission, one of the more mundane objects pulled from Tutankhamun’s glittering tomb. Call them ... in the funerary rites of Osiris, the ancient Egyptian ...

The four clay troughs were initially thought to have served as stands for gold-plated staffs. Now, a researcher has presented ...

Similar gestures are depicted in later funerary art, showing staffs raised behind Osiris’s head. Together, these humble items may have formed the prototype of a rite that would later become ...

Two studies that examined these clay objects, until now thought to be the bases for other elements, argue that they were ...

Clay trays found inside the tomb may have held liquid offerings to Osiris, while wooden staffs could symbolize the symbolic 'awakening' of the pharaoh. This interpretation echoes myths where ...

guided by the myths surrounding Osiris According to Dr. Brown, the arrangement of the plates and rods in Tutankhamun's tomb is reminiscent of the famous "Awakening of Osiris," a myth that the ...