Abydos was a center for the cult of the god Osiris, a synthesis of different Egyptian beliefs about death, resurrection and kingship. The modern name comes from a Greek version of the ancient ...

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Other amulets revealed the shapes of Egyptian deities, including Horus, Thoth, and Isis, and a heart scarab. Paintings were ...

A lesser-known period in Egyptian history ... Egypt’s most ancient cities, Abydos is located about six miles from the Nile River. Believed to be the burial place of Osiris, god of the ...

In the Egyptian ... human condition. Ancient astrologers believed that the planet Mars had its exaltation in Capricorn. Thus, the deity personifying Mars is depicted as a war god standing atop ...