Osiris


 * Osiris: **
 * Although the symbols of Osiris and Isis appear regularly as decorative motifs throughout the Old Kingdom era we do not actually hear their names until late dynasty V. There is evidence that their religious groups were flourishing throughout most of the Old Kingdom era. By dynasty VI tombs had the phrase ‘honoured by Osiris’. No one knows if the myth of Osiris proceeded to be an introduction of embalming or if it was just to be used as a religious reason for the embalming practice. [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Standing_Osiris_edit1.svg/276px-Standing_Osiris_edit1.svg.png width="276" height="599" caption="File:Standing Osiris edit1.svg" link="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Standing_Osiris_edit1.svg"]] **