The Eye of Horus is frequently found in ancient Egyptian burials, particularly on wedjat amulets.

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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 ...

An international team of archeologists have discovered a massive tomb that belonged to one of ... that Abydos served as the burial place for Osiris, god of the underworld. Many of history ...

Penn Museum and Egyptian archaeologists, alongside the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, have discovered a massive tomb of an unnamed ... the burial place of Osiris, god of the ...

Credit: Roland Unger / CC BY-SA 3.0 More than a century after archaeologist Howard Carter uncovered the tomb of King Tutankhamun ... role in a ceremonial practice known as the “Awakening of Osiris.” ...

The discovery of wooden staffs and clay trays near the sarcophagus of King Tut might be the oldest known evidence of a ritual known as the Awakening of Osiris ... the seal of a tomb that had ...

The discovery of wooden staffs and clay trays near the sarcophagus of King Tut might be the oldest known evidence of a ritual known as the Awakening of Osiris. As its name suggests ... Kings and broke ...