The "Eye of Horus," a depiction of a single stylized eye looking straight ahead, is found throughout ancient Egypt. The ...

was the son of Osiris, the underworld deity. Through myth, Horus was drawn into a deadly war with his uncle Seth, who had killed Osiris and taken the throne. In this epic fight, Seth badly hurt ...

Seth, however, is a dry, jealous god, who reigns over the desert. During a feast organised in honour of Osiris, he slaughters him, hides his body in a chest and throws it into the Nile.

Per Artnet, Tutankhamun’s coffins are meant to resemble Osiris, and Brown interprets the four staffs as the tools used by Horus to revive Osiris. As Brown tells Artnet, “Tutankhamun and the ...