In King Tut's burial chamber, a rite known as the "Awakening of Osiris" may have been performed, according to evidence of mysterious artifacts. It is the earliest evidence of the rite being used ...

“It is likely that one of the multiple funerary rituals that was represented in Tutankhamun’s Burial Chamber is the Awakening of Osiris rite, and the layout of the objects within the chamber ...

A massive tomb more than 3,600 years old has been unearthed within a royal necropolis in Egypt. The wealthy king that the ...

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

“Iterations of this Awakening of Osiris ritual existed in early periods of Egyptian history,” as the researcher tells Artnet’s Richard Whiddington. “The whole burial chamber seems to be ...

The meaning of four objects found in King Tutankhamun's tomb may have been discovered more than a century after they were unearthed in Egypt. A recent study published in the Journal of Egyptian ...

This interpretation echoes myths where Osiris is resurrected with staffs ... Brown contended that what is observed in Tutankhamun's burial chamber is "probably the earliest evidence of this ...

The discovery of wooden staffs and clay trays near the sarcophagus of King Tut might be the oldest known evidence of a ritual known as the Awakening of Osiris. As its name suggests, this ritual is ...

Believed to be the burial place of Osiris, god of the netherworld ... that decorated the entrance to the limestone burial chamber,” Penn Museum Curator of the Egyptian Section and University ...

The burial chamber is the largest to be discovered from ... Abydos was referred to as a sacred city that was the final resting place of Osiris — the god of the underworld — and the preferred ...