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 ...

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

Experts believe they have uncovered the secret of an ancient Egyptian ritual inside King Tutankhamun’s tomb. The legendary ... rite,” which relates to Osiris, the god of the underworld ...

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 ...

Sometimes, the Eye of Horus is also featured on coffins and inside tomb chapels. But what is the Eye of Horus and what did it ...

The Eye of Horus was a key symbol in ancient Egypt. It appeared on amulets and in tombs. Egyptians believed it offered divine ...

It was used in art and burial practices ... the god of kingship and of the heavens, was the son of Osiris, the underworld deity. Through myth, Horus was drawn into a deadly war with his uncle ...

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 ...

The story of Egyptology's Golden Age, from Napoleon's invasion of Egypt in 1798 until Howard Carter found Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922 ... for worshiping the god Osiris. Her discredited folklore ...