Statue of Isis carrying King Tutankhamun
With her distinctive belt around her waist, the Great Florida Isis is on a pedestal, which is provided for, while she holds the king above her head with her two hands... while he sits in the position of the Osiris, crossed with silk, wearing a bright red crown with the features of a child, resembling the child Horus..
Isis is a major goddess in ancient Egyptian religion who was worshiped in the Greco-Roman world. Isis was first mentioned in the Old Kingdom of Egypt (2686-2181 BC) as one of the main characters in the Osiris myth, where she resurrected her husband, the slain divine king Osiris, and also gave birth to his heir, Horus, and protected him. Isis was believed to guide the dead to the afterlife and also helped Osiris, and she was considered the divine mother of the pharaoh, who was likened to her son Horus. Her maternal assistance was a healing spell to help the common people. Originally Isis played a small role in royal hymns and temple rituals, but she was more important in burial rituals and magical texts. She was often represented in art as a human female wearing what looked like a throne on her head. During the New Kingdom, she took on the features of Hathor - the previously prominent goddess - as Isis came to be represented wearing Hathor's clothing, with a sun disk on her head between the horns of a cow, as Hathor had previously been represented.
In the first millennium BC Isis and Osiris became the most worshiped Egyptian deities, and Isis took on many of the attributes of other deities. The rulers of Egypt and the rulers of its southern neighbors in Nubia began building temples dedicated specifically to Isis, and her temple at Philae was one of the most important religious centers for Egyptians and Nubians alike. Isis' magical powers were more powerful than any other god, and she was said to protect the kingdom from its enemies, rule the heavens and the natural world, and control fate itself.
In the Hellenistic period (323-30 BC) when the Greeks ruled Egypt, the Egyptians and Greeks worshiped Isis as well as a new god named Serapis. Their worship spread throughout the wider Mediterranean world. The Greeks bestowed on Isis some of the traits that distinguished Greek gods, such as the invention of marriage and the protection of ships at sea, and she maintained strong links between Egypt and other Egyptian deities that were widespread in the Hellenistic era, such as Osiris and Harpocrates. With Rome's absorption of Hellenistic culture in the first century BC, the cult of Isis became part of Roman religion. Although her worshipers were a small part of the Roman Empire, they were spread throughout it. Her followers began to develop some festivals, such as the “Pass of Isis” festival, in addition to some new celebrations that were similar to Greco-Roman mystery cults. Some followers said that it included all the powers of the female gods of the world.
The statue is in order to ensure rebirth in the other world and birth in the afterlife.
Soon at the Grand Egyptian Museum
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