Bronze sculpture of the Egyptian God Osiris enveloped by the wings of Isis,Egypt,Late Period - Ptolemaic Period (711-30 BC). Osiris was an Egyptian god,usually identified as the god of the afterlife,the underworld and the dead. He was classically depicted as a green-skinned man with a pharaoh's beard,partially mummy-wrapped at the legs,wearing a distinctive crown with two large ostrich feathers at either side,and holding a symbolic crook and flail. The king and judge of the dead,the husband and brother of Isis,and father (or brother) of Horus,killed by Set but later resurrected (after Horus killed Set). Isis is a goddess in Ancient Egyptian religious beliefs,whose worship spread throughout the Greco-Roman world. She was worshipped as the ideal mother and wife as well as the patroness of nature and magic. She was the friend of slaves,sinners,artisans,and the downtrodden,and she listened to the prayers of the wealthy,maidens |