Osiris-Orion travels across the sky on the sacred boat (stars of Lepus). Image based on a star map in the tomb of Montemhet at Luxor, circa 650 BC. The stars of Orion were associated with Osiris, the sun-god of rebirth and afterlife, by the ancient Egypti

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Osiris-Orion travels across the sky on the sacred boat (stars of Lepus). Image based on a star map in the tomb of Montemhet at Luxor, circa 650 BC. The stars of Orion were associated with Osiris, the sun-god of rebirth and afterlife, by the ancient Egyptians.

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