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Osiris, Egyptian God of the Afterlife

Wood ( with gilding) statue of the Egyptian God Osiris, Egypt, New Kingdom, 1550-1070 BC. Osiris was an Egyptian god, usually identified as the god of the afterlife, the underworld and the dead. He was classically depicted as a green-skinned man with a pharaoh's beard, partially mummy-wrapped at the legs, wearing a distinctive crown with two large ostrich feathers at either side, and holding a symbolic crook and flail. The king and judge of the dead, the husband and brother of Isis, and father (or brother) of Horus, killed by Set but later resurrected (after Horus killed Set).
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Osiris, Egyptian God of the Afterlife
Wood ( with gilding) statue of the Egyptian God Osiris, Egypt, New Kingdom, 1550-1070 BC. Osiris was an Egyptian god, usually identified as the god of the afterlife, the underworld and the dead. He was classically depicted as a green-skinned man with a pharaoh's beard, partially mummy-wrapped at the legs, wearing a distinctive crown with two large ostrich feathers at either side, and holding a symbolic crook and flail. The king and judge of the dead, the husband and brother of Isis, and father (or brother) of Horus, killed by Set but later resurrected (after Horus killed Set).
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Album / Science Source / Los Angeles County Museum
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Taille de l'image:
1950 x 5381 px | 30.0 MB
Taille d'impression:
16.5 x 45.6 cm | 6.5 x 17.9 in (300 dpi)