Osirian Materia Sacra: A Glance from Corn-Mummies
Corn mummies, i.e., miniature pseudo-mummies, made of a mixture of sand and cereal grains, with Osirian iconography, can provide a useful perspective from which to look at the complex nature of Osiris and his cult. Despite having been a well-researched subject at least since the 1980s, they still de...
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2024
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Religions
Year: 2024, Volume: 15, Issue: 7 |
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Khoiak rites
B Osiris B corn-mummies B Egyptian Religion B Osiris bricks B sprouted grain B Osiris beds |
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