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Greco-Roman

Statue of Harpocrates. Graeco-Roman, Roman Period, 2nd century AD. From Sidi Bishr, Alexandria. Bibliotheca Alexandrina Antiquities Museum, Alexandria.

Statue of Harpocrates

Marble statue of Harpocrates, who was adapted by the Greeks from the Egyptian child god Horus, represented the newborn sun, rising each day at dawn. Harpocrates meaning “Horus the Child”, was the god of silence, secrets and confidentiality in the Hellenistic religion developed in Ptolemaic Alexandria. In Egyptian mythology, Horus was the child of Isis...

Funeral shroud depicts Anubis and Osiris with the deceased. Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow.

Funeral Shroud of Anubis and Osiris

Funeral shroud depicts Anubis and Osiris with the deceased, from 2nd Century CE Roman Egypt. Greco-Roman mummy cases and shrouds were often painted with images reflecting pharaonic religious beliefs about the hereafter but adapted to suit the prevailing Greco-Roman style.  Egyptian divinities of the afterlife feature prominently, and include some or all of the following:...