. Osiris and the Egyptian resurrection;. ^ as told by Classical Writers 3 seize the kingdom, and to take possession of his wife,Isis, with whom he was violently in love. With the viewof carrying out his baleful design, he hatched a plot, andpersuaded seventy-two persons, as well as a certain queenof Ethiopia, who was called Aso (Acroj), to join in the. Osiris being embraced by Isis and Nephthys. The four mummy figures are theCliildren of Horus, Akeset, Hap, Tuamutef, and Qebhsenuf. The deities in thecircles are Amen and Ra, Shu and Tefnut, Keb and Nut, Hathor and a bas-relief at Phil
. Osiris and the Egyptian resurrection;. ^ as told by Classical Writers 3 seize the kingdom, and to take possession of his wife,Isis, with whom he was violently in love. With the viewof carrying out his baleful design, he hatched a plot, andpersuaded seventy-two persons, as well as a certain queenof Ethiopia, who was called Aso (Acroj), to join in the. Osiris being embraced by Isis and Nephthys. The four mummy figures are theCliildren of Horus, Akeset, Hap, Tuamutef, and Qebhsenuf. The deities in thecircles are Amen and Ra, Shu and Tefnut, Keb and Nut, Hathor and a bas-relief at Philae. conspiracy. He caused a very handsome box, or chest,to be made the exact size of the body of Osiris, themeasure of which he had caused to be taken by craft,and having richly decorated it, he had it brought intohis dining room and left there. He then invited Osiristo a banquet, at which all the fellow-conspirators were B 2 4 Osiris and the Egyptian Resurrection present, and whilst the guests were admiring the hand-some box, Typhon, speaking as if in jest, declared thathe would give it to him that was able to lie downcomfortably in it. Thereupon one after the other ofthe seventy-two conspirators tried to get into the box,but were unable to do so. At length Osiris expressedhis willingness to make trial if the box would containhim, and finding
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