Osiris, god of the underworld, is flanked by his son Horus (left) and his wife, Isis (right ... Re's NemesisThis painting from the tomb of Inherkhau in Deir el Medina depicts the Great Cat ...

A new study from Nicholas Brown, a postdoctoral fellow at Yale University, however, has rejected this long-standing view, offering them instead as objects used in the funerary rites of Osiris ...

Ceremonial Situla of the 'Great Praised' Penmin showing Nut as a tree-goddess, and Osiris, Isis, Nephthys, and Harsiese [65.116] ...