The discovery of artifacts near the sarcophagus of Tutankhamun may be the oldest known evidence of a ritual known as the ...

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

The afterlife was a battle, and the dead had to fight to reach the realm of Osiris, the god of death. For this purpose, they crafted the ancient Book of the Dead, which was unearthed from an ...

Osiris was the god of the underworld and the afterlife ... Isis was an important goddess with many roles. She helped the dead enter the afterlife, was the divine mother of the pharaohs and ...

He believes that clay trays and wooden staffs positioned near Tutankhamun’s sarcophagus were parts of the “Osirian funerary rite,” which relates to Osiris, the god of the underworld.

Known as the Awakening of Osiris, the ancient ... Underworld and Sky", in which the god Horus holds up a “res” symbol in order to revive the mummy of a dead pharaoh, who then takes the form ...

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.