The cult disappeared earlier than that of Isis.

The origins of the cult of Isis are uncertain, but it is believed that she was originally an independent and popular deity in predynastic times, prior to 3100 BCE, at Sebennytos in the Nile delta.

The cult of Isis became very prominent in late antiquity, when it began to absorb the cults of many other goddesses with strong cult centers.

Like other Egyptian deities, the cult of Isis spread outside Egypt, and became the focus of a centralized cult in the Hellenistic period.

Throughout the Greco-Roman world, the cult of Isis became one of the most significant of the mystery religions, and many classical writers refer to her temples, cults, and rites.

At Pompeii, archaeological evidence reveals that the cult of Isis was prominent.

Little information on Egyptian rituals for Isis survives ; however, it is clear there were both priests and priestesses officiating at her cult throughout its history.

" At Sais, however, the patron goddess of the ancient cult was Neith, many of whose traits had begun to be attributed to Isis during the Greek occupation.

The Roman writer Apuleius recorded aspects of the cult of Isis in the 2nd century CE in his book The Golden Ass.

The Isis cult in Rome was a template for the Christian Madonna Cult.

This episode, which is not known from Egyptian sources, gives an etiological explanation for a cult of Isis and Osiris that existed in Byblos in Plutarch's time and possibly as early as the New Kingdom.

Isis Whit, a young but important member of a small, quirky cult in Scotland, narrates.

This includes Isis herself, Elect of God, and expected to take over leadership of the cult.

The bulk of the novel tells of Isis ' voyages in the world of " the Unsaved " ( also known as " the Obtuse ", " the Wretched ", " the Bland " and " the Asleep "), through Scotland and southern England in search of Morag, who is feared to have rejected the cult.

While searching for her cousin, Isis meets Rastas, policemen, white power skinheads, and other characters of a sort she has never encountered before, and tells the story of the cult and the rationale behind its rules.

Isis ' friend Sophi, although not part of the cult, is very close to her.

The story now takes a more sinister turn, as we learn that Isis ' brother seems to have cooked up her impossible mission in an attempt to discredit her and put her out of the picture in a bid to take over the leadership of the cult.

Confident that Zhobelia's mild senility will recover in a less boring environment, Isis soon learns more of the origins of the cult from her.

Returning with her great-aunt Zhobelia, her cousin Morag, enhanced maturity and a lot more information, Isis must decide what to tell the other members of the cult.

Essentially, Isis makes the recognition that the value of the Luskentyrian cult is in their community values rather than their religious ones.

No cult is attested for her there, though she certainly figured as a goddess of great importance in the annual rites conducted, wherein two chosen females or priestesses played the roles of Isis and Nephthys and performed the elaborate ' Lamentations of Isis and Nephthys '.

The cult of Osiris ( who was a god chiefly of regeneration and re-birth ) had a particularly strong interest toward the concept of immortality.

With the rise of the cult of Osiris during the Middle Kingdom the “ democratization of religion ” offered to even his most humblest followers the prospect of eternal life, with moral fitness becoming the dominant factor in determining a person's suitability.

The cult of Osiris continued until the 6th century AD on the island of Philae in Upper Nile.

This is when the cult of Osiris became widespread as well.

A later myth, when the cult of Osiris gained more authority, tells the story of Anubis, the god of the underworld.

It should be remembered, however, that this new myth was only a later creation of the Osirian cult who wanted to depict Set in an evil position, as the enemy of Osiris.

The promise of resurrection after death was a tenet of the cult of Osiris.

For him is repeated every ritual of the Hours cult of Osiris of the underworld, regeneration & re-birth, together with each of his ceremonies as a Mystery.

The location was a centre for the cult of Osiris, thus the reason for the Greeks choosing the name.

A huge cult developed about Osiris that lasted well into Roman times.

The cult of Osiris promised eternal life to those deemed morally worthy.

When the cult of Osiris arose, the people of Mendes reacted by identifying Osiris as having achieved his authority by being the husband of Hatmehit.

Eventually, it became identified as another form of the increasingly more popular Apis, which had become considered an aspect of Osiris when his cult became prominent.

But the most elaborate and grand celebration occurred at Abydos, the cult center of Osiris.

During this period, the funerary cult of Osiris rose to dominate Egyptian popular religion.

Psamtik II was also responsible for founding the Temple-house at Hibis in El-Kharga Oasis for the triad of Amun, Mut, and Khonsu with significant installations for the cult of Osiris.

The main cult of Osiris was in Abydos.

Less widespread was the cult of the Mnevis, also consecrated to Osiris.

Piecing together the clues – a jingling-bell sound made by the killer, a piece of cloth, and the blowpipe dropped at Waxflatter's murder scene – the trio uncover the existence of Rame Tep, an ancient Egyptian cult of Osiris worshippers.

The area was a site of veneration and worship for the Ancient Egyptians, and by the time of the Middle Kingdom at least one of the royal tombs was excavated and rebuilt for the cult of the god Osiris .< ref name =" shawp67 "> Shaw, Ian.

Much of the original settlement is now lost under modern construction and cultivation but excavations have revealed hundreds of stelae which have yielded a good deal of information about the cult of Osiris.

In particular they examine the remarkable similarity of important elements of Jesus ' divinity with a number of mystery religions, such as those of the ancient gods Osiris, Dionysus, Attis, and Mithras, apparently manifestations of a single cult of a dying and rising " godman " myth, known to classical scholarship as Osiris-Dionysus.