TOMB OF OSIRIS.
[ DISCOVERY W EGYPT, By l'elesrrapli-Presa AEgooiAtlop^-CopyrlESit daifo, Mwoh 6, An exploration party .at Abi-dos, uJjder Professor Neville, believe that they feirofound tho tomb of Osiris,. wlje-fo the head of the god is-supposed to be preserved. They discov-ered a subterraii' ean chapel leading to a comiilete sanctuary of the same period as the Pyramids. It is in a very ruino-Us eondition, bujlt-of;hugo blocks, not similar to anything anywhere elso in Egypt-,
Osiris was one of tlio cWef gods, iii Egyptian mythology. He \ia% the principle of good, the ereafor, and, the -god of tho Nile. He was iii constant conflict with Set, the god of evil, of Uxk--11693, and of the desert IJe lvais Use suordiau ■of mankM in : the.- state after death, and his own death and rim-sai may be regarded as the iffy* of tho suffie*. ings and triumphs of humaflity. in pt he was portrnved as; 4 miHnmy -wenring the crown of Uppeir Egypt;, a-sft-ttlly-fl-ftß-k'" cd with ostrich plqmes
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2002, 9 March 1914, Page 5
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