Book cover for Isis and Osiris

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This is one in a series that retells myths from around the world in a lively way for children. The books are illustrated with photographs of historical artefacts related to the stories. The goddess Isis and her husband Osiris were two of the most important deities in the ancient Egypt pantheon. An important cycle of stories, preserved in various Egyptian sources, relates how they fell in love, married and how the jealous god Seth plotted against them. In this book the story of Isis and Osiris is related by a priest to young twin sisters, Taous and Thaues.
  • ISBN10 0714121045
  • ISBN13 9780714121048
  • Publish Date September 1996
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 12 April 2007
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint British Museum Press
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 48
  • Language English