(narrator) osiris, ruler and judge of the dead in the underworld... a powerful figure in ancient egyptian cosmology... his origins rooted in an ancient legend. through some horrible machinations he was killed and torn asunder and brought back to life as the world's first mummy and magically brought back through the help of his sister and wife, isis. osiris, because he was brought back from the dead and because he was put back from pieces and made to live again became the symbol of regeneration and particularly was associated with the dead and th the land of the west, the place where most of the bia a cluding the valley of the kings. (narrator) the cosmological landscape of the life after death was rich with deities-- hundreds in number. the falcon-headed horus god of the sky and the embodiment of divi kingship. hathor, sky goddess,-- protector of the sun at night. the jackal anubis, guardian of the body its divine embalmer and protector. the versatile isis goddess of fertility patroness of magic and healing and queen of the sky. thoth, a lunar god oft