Osiris Hotel

Our tour guide met us to take us north to the temples of Osiris and Denderah. After a very long drive, we came to the temple of Osiris, in Abydos. It was built by Seti I. The temple has all the characteristics of that of previous temples. King Seti I is ...

... We arrived at Cairo at a little after 8.00pm and were greeted by the driver we have arranged through our hotel, Hotel Osiris. Hotel Osiris : A lot of reviews have been written about this very reasonably-priced hotel on Tripadvisor, most of them positive, ...

... depart four days later. Totally unprepared for a stop in Cairo, we decided to call the Lonely Planet’s “pick,” Osiris Hotel, which luckily had a room available for the night. It took our driver some time to find the place, which was ...

... of his position as King. In short Isis brought Osiris back to life and conceived Horus - therefore being simultaneously alive and dead, Osiris became the god and king of the dead and afterlife. The Temple of Philae is considered to be the burial ...

... -Ra, Osiris and Horus. On a particular day each year at sunrise, sunlight floods the temple, calculated to illuminate Ramesses II alongside Osiris and Amun-Ra, elevating him to god-like status. Horus remains on the edge of the relief in the dark, since he ...

... crown) - God of the Sky/Kingship Isis: Female figure with "Throne-crown" holding Ankh (symbol of life) - Magic/Wife of Osiris Nut: Female embracing figure, stars on belly - Goddess of the Night Sky/Creator God Bes: Deformed Dwarf with beard - ...

... .  The Temple of Philae, now found on Aglikia Island, was dedicated to Isis, who found the heart of her slain brother, Osiris, on Philae Island (now submerged).  Most of the temple was built by the Ptolemaic dynasty and the Romans.  Early ...

... where only the affluent and influential were buried. The site was even important for the Romans because of their cult of Osiris, and it became a place of pilgrimage for most Egyptians for centuries. In the evening we returned to Cairo on the ...

... to be supreme and displayed well with lighting illuminating the workmanship. The temple is dedicated to Horus, son of Isis and Osiris. There is an outer temple court with giant and impressive colomes, some with plant ornamentation. Some of the carvings ...

... In the market, as is customary for us, we bought a Maltese replica bus and also a fridge magnet of the 'Eye of Osiris', an ancient symbol of protection against evil. You would see this symbol just about everywhere in Malta and very prominently on every ...

... 160 yards from east to west, this small island was the center of the cult of the goddess Isis and her connection with Osiris, Horus and the Kingship during the Ptolemaic period of Egyptian history.  Now, the wonders of this extinct island, have a ...

... no choice to carry on and eventually we came on to a street and hailed a cab and made our way back to our wonderful hotel and after a shower and a small nap, we wandered out again to another amazing Lebanese restaurant with dim lights, lots of mis-matched ...

... we head to Ramses III. This tomb was more what I was looking for. Beautiful, beautiful life size paintings on the walls of Horus, Osiris, Maat, Hathor, Aunbis and other wonderful gods around as you decend. It was busy, but it didn’t matter. It was ...

... Italian woman came by and I lured her in subtly with the tablecloth. Pointing to the screen-printed figures she asked, "This is Osiris?" I shrugged my shoulders, "Listen lady I don't know who the hell that is but I'm telling you right now it's 25 pounds ...

... have no seat belts...these cabs are sooo old..I think some of these cars were here when the  Ancient Egyptians lived here. Our hotel is great! I found it on my trusty Tripadvisor,,,,,its a small guest house on the 12 and top floor of a building in ...

... am learning all sorts of Egyptian history and myths.  So, one of the myths is that one of the Egyptian gods Osiris marries his sister Isis (apparently the done thing) they then give birth to a beautiful boy who has a Falcon's head, ...

... ( the boat dock) was across from the Four Seasons, so we had to go into the lobby for a look. It was the first Internationl hotel that I have been into that I have had to clear security and a metal detector. Because of the recent bombings, and all that is ...

... completely intact which makes for a nice change compared to the last couple of days. We saw the remains of the temple of Osiris which is now partly under water but apparently they are looking at draining the water to rescue the temple. The most impressive ...