But more than a century later, a researcher has presented a new theory about the clay artifacts: They were part of a funerary ritual dedicated to Osiris, the ancient Egyptian god of the afterlife.

One such figure is the Egyptian god Horus, often depicted with a falcon ... sun deities born on the Winter Solstice, ...

According to ancient Egyptian myths, there was once, in the middle of eternal darkness, an endless ocean of lifeless water. Out of this ocean sprang the first mound of earth, the Sun God ...