Q 01/05
A) The sun and the daytime sky
B) Writing and scribes
C) War and foreign lands
D) The afterlife and the dead
Answer · why
He was also lord of fertility, agriculture, resurrection and vegetation — death and new growth were two sides of one coin.
Q 02/05
A) Ra
B) Horus
C) Set
D) Anubis
Answer · why
His brother wanted the throne; in Plutarch's version he tricked Osiris into a chest sealed with lead and thrown into the Nile.
Q 03/05
A) Nephthys
B) Isis
C) Nut
D) Hathor
Answer · why
She was helped by her sister Nephthys and recovered every part but one.
Q 04/05
A) His genitalia
B) His head
C) His left hand
D) His heart
Answer · why
Plutarch says fish had eaten it, which he claims is why Egyptians shunned fish; Egyptian sources say it was found intact.
Q 05/05
A) Sobek
B) Anubis
C) Horus
D) Thoth
Answer · why
Isis revived Osiris just long enough to conceive; Horus grew up to defeat the usurper Set.
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