osiris4dIn life, Egyptian pharaohs were seen as Horus; however, in death, the pharaohs became Osiris. As a matter of fact, ancient Egypt’s practice of mummifying the deadThe family of Osiris, the protagonists of the Osiris myth. Osiris is depicted on a lapis lazuli pillar in the center, flanked by Horus on the left and Isis on the rht in this Twenty-second Dynasty