A colorful Isis figure made of basalt stone

Isis is a major goddess in the ancient Egyptian religion whose worship spread throughout the
Greco-Roman world. Isis is mentioned for the first time in the ancient kingdom of Egypt (2686-
2181 BC) as one of the main characters in the Osiris myth, as she resurrected her husband, the
slain divine king Osiris, and gave birth to his heir Horus and protected him. Isis was believed to
guide the dead to the afterlife, as she helped Osiris, and she was considered the divine mother
of the Pharaoh as he was likened to her son Horus. Her maternal aid consisted in a healing
.spell to aid the common people