31 Plutarch, _Isis et Osiris_, 19 and 55; A. Erman, _Aegypten und aegyptisches Leben im Altertum_, p. 368; _id._, _Die ägyptische Religion_,2 pp. 41 _sq._; A. Wiedemann, _Die Religion der alten Ägypter_, p. 114; _id._, _Religion of the Ancient Egyptians_, pp. 214 _sq._; G. Maspero, _Histoire ancienne des Peuples de l’Orient Classique_, i. 176-178; E. A. Wallis Budge, _Osiris and the Egyptian Resurrection_, i. 62 _sq._, 64, 89 _sqq._, 309 _sqq._ M16 The legend of their contest may be a reminiscence of dynastic struggles. _ 32 The Magic Art and the Evolution of Kings_, ii. 290 _sqq._ M17 Osiris represented as a king in tradition and art. The tomb of Osiris at Abydos. 33 A. Wiedemann, _Religion of the Ancient Egyptians_, p. 217. For details see E. A. Wallis Budge, _Osiris and the Egyptian Resurrection_, i. 30 _sqq._ 34 J. H. Breasted, _History of the Ancient Egyptians_ (London, 1908), p. 61; _id._, _Development of Religion and Thought in Ancient Egypt_, p. 38; E. A. Wallis Budge, _Osiris and the Egyptian Resurrection_, i. 37, 67, 81, 210, 212, 214, 290, ii. 1, 2, 8-13, 82-85; A. Erman, _Die ägyptische Religion_,2 pp. 21, 23, 110; A. Wiedemann, _Religion of the Ancient Egyptians_, p. 289; Ed. Meyer, _Geschichte des Altertums_,2 i. 2. pp. 70, 96, 97. It appears to be now generally held that the original seat of the worship of Osiris was at Busiris, but that at Abydos the god found a second home, which in time eclipsed the old one in glory. According to Professors Ed. Meyer and A. Erman, the god whom Osiris displaced at Abydos was Anubis. 35 Plutarch, _Isis et Osiris_, 20; A. Erman, _Aegypten und aegyptisches Leben im Altertum_, p. 417; J. H. Breasted, _History of the Ancient Egyptians_ (London, 1908), pp. 148 _sq._; Ed. Meyer, _Geschichte des Altertums_,2 i. 2. p. 209; E. A. Wallis Budge, _Osiris and the Egyptian Resurrection_, i. 68 _sq._, ii. 3. M18 The tombs of the old kings at Abydos. The tomb of King Khent identified with the tomb of Osiris. The sculptured effigy of Osiris. The hawk the crest of the earliest dynasties. 36 Ed. Meyer, _Geschichte des Altertums_,2 i. 2. p. 125. 37 J. H. Breasted, _History of the Ancient Egyptians_, pp. 43, 50 _sq._ The excavations were begun by E. Amélineau and continued by W. M. Flinders Petrie (Ed. Meyer, _Geschichte des Altertums_,2 i. 2. p. 119). See E. Amélineau, _Le Tombeau d’Osiris_ (Paris, 1899); W. M. Flinders Petrie, _The Royal Tombs of the Earliest Dynasties_, Part ii. (London, 1901). The excavations of the former have been criticized by Sir Gaston Maspero (_Études de Mythologie et d’Archéologie Égyptiennes_, vi. (Paris, 1912) pp. 153-182).