Following Osiris - Smith, Mark (Professor of Egyptology, University of Oxford, and Lady Wallis Budge Fellow in Egyptology, Professor of Egyptology, University of Oxford, and Lady Wallis Budge Fellow in Egyptology, University College, Oxford)

Osiris, god of the dead, was one of ancient Egypt's most important deities. This volume is concerned with ancient Egyptian conceptions of the relationship between Osiris and the deceased, focusing on five distinct periods over four millennia to trace changes in aspirations for the Osirian afterlife and explore when and why they occurred.