Isis Statue King Tut Throne literature and art

literature and art

overseeing funeral rites

famous for his richly furnished tomb discovered in 1922

especially diseases associated with women and children

A striking Egyptian statue for collectors

Isis Statue King Tut Throne literature and artIsis was a major goddess in ancient Egyptian religion whose worship spread throughout the Greco Roman world. Isis was first mentioned in the Old Kingdom (c. 26862181 BCE) as one of the main characters of the Osiris myth, in which she resurrects her slain husband, the divine king Osiris, and produces and protects his heir, Horus. She was believed to help the dead enter the afterlife as she had helped Osiris, and she was considered the divine mother of