The Gods Osiris and Khepri
Valley
of the Kings
©
1996-2008 Deurer
All Rights Reserved
. . . . .In
the wonderfully decorated burial
chamber of Ramses I, we
see the seated gods Osiris and Khepri. Osiris was the king of the dead.
Legend has it he was the first king in Egypt to
be mummified. This mummification was performed by his grieving wife,
Isis. Osiris embodies the idea of rebirth in
the afterlife. He is shown as a mummy wrapped in white cloth. His
green skin represents the rebirth of vegetation after the annual Nile
flood. Khepri is the scarab-headed god. It was Khepri
who would push the barque of the sun on its daily journey across the
sky. He was also associated with rebirth in the afterlife.
The next photograph is
A
Greco-Roman Gate
Return to the
Ancient Gallery
Directory
Home
Page
Ancient
Gallery Directory
Tour
Egypt. .Egyptian
Mythology Gallery
Time
Warp Gallery Directory. .
Modern
Gallery Directory
Gallery
Store Directory. .
Egyptian
Web Sites. . The
Children's Gallery
Gallery
Guest Book.
...Ancient
Egyptian Design.
...Send E-mail. . .
Search
the WWW
