1 month later.
The Royal Courtyard of The Palace of Thebes, Royal House of Egypt.
Luxor, City of Thebes, Upper Egypt.
4th Month of Flood, Khoiàk, 1400BC.
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The festivals of Khoiàk.
The festivals of Khoiak are among the best attested from ancient Egypt. They revolve around the myth of the god Osiris, murdered by his brother Seth, and revived by his sister-wife Isis to the point where she could conceive their son Horus. Osiris withdrew to rule the underworld, while Isis protected Horus until he was old enough to avenge his father in battle with Seth, and win the throne. The death and revival of Osiris provide the mythic echo of the annual rebirth of crops. In the ceremony, seeds were sown in earth, which was from the New Kingdom shaped in mou
