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In later deposits, for example, some individuals were buried with both arms crossed over the chest in what Egyptologists call the Osirian position.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026
At death the corpse of a Mexican was dressed in the robes peculiar to his guardian deity, and in this can be perceived an analogy to every dead Egyptian becoming an Osirian, or Osiris himself.
From The Mythologies of Ancient Mexico and Peru by Lewis Spence
It was as an Osirian that he hoped to traverse the regions that lay beyond the tomb, and whose geography and inhabitants were revealed to him in the Osirian ritual.
From The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia by A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce
Even in the oldest texts these beliefs are blended inextricably with the Osirian doctrines.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" by Various
Before the Pyramid Age the Osirian and Horite cults had been blended, and Horus became the son of Osiris.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura by Various
