This research is a comparative study between the meaning and function of mythology in ancient Egypt and Greece. Focus is given to Egyptian Osiris and Greek Dionysus and the ritual dramas that surrounded the deities. Egyptian myths about Osiris tell of his mutilation and dismembe…
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Papyrus British Museum 10808, whose redaction dates to the Second Century AD, comprises a tripartite spell against sickness and is of Ptolemaic provenance as textual and thematic parallels show. Though written in Greek script (with some Demotic characters), the language of the p…
This dissertation addresses the importance of the archeological history within the Osiris Temple Enclosure in North Abydos, Egypt prior to and including excavations undertaken by the University of Pennsylvania Museum-Yale University-Institute of Fine Arts, New York University Ex…
The site of South Abydos was home to royal mortuary complexes of both the late Middle, and New Kingdoms, belonging to Senwosret III and Ahmose. Thanks to both recent and past excavations, both of these royal establishments are fairly well understood. Yet, we lack a clear picture…