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Long before the pyramids rose from the sands, four siblings ruled the heavens and earth: Osiris, the wise and beloved god-king of Egypt; his sister-wife Isis, goddess of magic and devotion; and their siblings Set, ruler of the harsh desert, and Nephthys. But beneath the surface of divine harmony brewed a jealousy that would shatter the family forever.

As Osiris brought order, prosperity, and civilization to Egypt, his brother Set festered in the shadow of his success — ruler of nothing but chaos and barren sand. What began as resentment curdled into a plot involving 72 secret conspirators, a rigged banquet game, and a beautifully crafted coffin built to one man's exact measurements.

Trapped by his own trust in family, Osiris was betrayed, sealed away, and cast into the depths of the Nile the ultimate act of fratricide dressed as celebration. But death would not be the end of his story. What follows is one of mythology's greatest tales of loyalty, magic, and resurrection, as Isis defies the gods themselves to bring her husband back from the realm of the dead.

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00:03He smiled.
00:10What are you doing?
00:12And that's how the king of the dead world was buried alive.
00:15By his own brother.
00:16And the living men who helped him.
00:18Open it!
00:19Open the door!
00:23Open it!
00:24Open the door!
00:27Seal it!
00:33But how does a brother come to do this?
00:36To understand, we have to go back.
00:38Years before any of it.
00:40To the day they were born.
00:48The earth was a god named Geb.
00:51The sky was his wife, Nut.
00:53Together, they had four children.
00:59Osiris.
01:00The eldest.
01:01Isis.
01:03His sister.
01:04Set.
01:05His younger brother.
01:07Nephthys.
01:08The youngest.
01:09Watch!
01:13I'll jump first!
01:22Show off.
01:27Set was always his brother's opposite.
01:30His sisters, though, were never anything but close.
01:37How are you doing that?
01:39How are you doing that?
01:39Come try yourself.
01:42I don't know how.
01:48It's not hard.
01:51Just focus.
01:53And close your eyes.
01:57See how easy that was.
01:59I'll try.
02:07I did it!
02:12Whenever they returned to court,
02:14it was always Osiris people noticed first.
02:21Osiris married his sister, Isis.
02:25Set married the other, Nephthys.
02:36And because he was born first,
02:38Osiris became ruler of Egypt.
02:40The desert went to set.
02:46Osiris became ruler of Egypt.
02:47Same blood.
02:48Same gods.
02:49Same beginning.
02:51Only one of them had been born first.
02:53And that alone decided everything.
03:03But under Osiris, Egypt didn't just survive.
03:06It grew.
03:11It was Set's duty to protect this land.
03:15So he tried to build an army of his own.
03:18Soldiers made from sand.
03:34Every attempt fell apart before it ever stood.
03:40Damn it!
03:50Then one day,
03:52a merchant caravan passed along the border road.
03:55Two men talking as they walked beside their loaded donkeys.
04:02Osiris opened a new canal past the third village.
04:06Doubled the harvest already.
04:11They're writing songs about him now.
04:15No matter how hard he tried,
04:18he was never going to be seen.
04:22First to Kakabipul.
04:24One day,
04:25word reached Set
04:27that raiders were preparing to strike a caravan crossing his territory.
04:33Set counted his men.
04:34It wasn't enough.
04:37So he did the only thing that was enough.
05:01But the storm hadn't only destroyed the raiders.
05:04It had torn through the fields of nearby villages, too.
05:10What brings you all the way out here?
05:14Your storms are eating my fields.
05:17My storms are the reason your fields still have borders.
05:23Three villages buried under sand this season alone.
05:30Tell them raiders would have stripped their fields bare if I hadn't stopped them first.
05:38Warn me before the next one.
05:41I'll try.
05:47You're welcome, by the way.
05:50Years passed.
05:52Osiris visited Set's territory more than politics required,
05:55as if he had a special fondness for that land.
05:58Where are you off to now?
06:01Going to see Set's territory.
06:03And who runs Egypt while you're gone?
06:09You, obviously.
06:11Funny.
06:12I already do that when you're here, too.
06:22Welcome.
06:26Wine?
06:29What's the occasion?
06:31No occasion.
06:33Just wanted to see you both.
06:36Didn't expect you here this time of year.
06:39Came to see my brother.
06:41Anything wrong with that?
06:44Then let's go inside the palace.
06:51Everyone, get ready to move.
06:54Could be a few days this time.
06:57The border's been restless.
07:01Then take enough food for a few days.
07:04Not just one.
07:06Set always left for the Desert Patrol this same season.
07:09Every year.
07:12Osiris had been waiting for exactly this moment.
07:16Now it's just the two of us.
07:18Then let's make the most of this moment.
07:22While Set was still out in the Desert,
07:24Osiris and Nephthys found themselves alone.
07:28I wish I could always be with you.
07:31When I'm beside you,
07:33it's like I'm finally alive.
07:37Don't say things like that.
07:39It makes this harder to end.
07:43Who said anything about ending it?
07:49But the Patrol found nothing worth chasing,
07:52and Set turned back early.
08:15Set didn't wait to hear more.
08:16He didn't need to see more.
08:18He didn't smash it in rage.
08:20He simply unmade it.
08:22The same way he unmade everything now,
08:25quietly,
08:25without needing anyone to see.
08:34You're back early.
08:37Nothing worth chasing.
08:43What Set had seen didn't fade.
08:46It sat in him,
08:47and grew.
08:48His brother had taken his kingdom's fortune,
08:52his kingdom's love,
08:54and now this.
08:56Secretly,
08:57Set gathered 72 of Egypt's nobles for a meeting.
09:03My brother has taken everything
09:06that should have been mine to share.
09:08All I ask is your silence
09:11when the time comes.
09:13Some owed Set their positions.
09:16Others simply feared him
09:18more than they loved Osiris.
09:21Either way,
09:22he didn't need to convince them of hatred.
09:23He only needed their silence.
09:27But one obstacle stood in the way of his plan.
09:30So he sent Nephthys away.
09:35Why now?
09:36The feast is in three days.
09:39You said it yourself.
09:41The storms are drawing complaints.
09:47Someone needs to inspect the border shrines
09:49before the priests start blaming me for it.
09:52Send a priest.
09:56They trust you.
09:59Better than they trust me.
10:02Don't expect me back soon.
10:10I just got here.
10:12Where are you off to?
10:14Have to inspect the border shrines.
10:17To inspect the border shrines.
10:20Try to enjoy yourself while I'm gone.
10:23Take care of yourself on your journey.
10:36Glad you came for the feast.
10:38Go rest.
10:40The road must have worn you out.
10:42I'll take care of the preparations
10:44for my dear brother.
10:47Chill live.
10:49Go to him.
10:50Measure him while he sleeps.
10:55He must never know it was me who asked.
10:59Hand like magic.
11:00While his brother slept,
11:02something not quite human took his measure.
11:06Exact.
11:07To the width of a finger.
11:12Cedar for the body.
11:14Gold over every surface.
11:19Let no one see it before the feast.
11:29Bring the chest!
11:34What Set built wasn't just a trap.
11:37It was the most beautiful thing
11:39anyone in that hall had ever seen.
11:45It's a beautiful chest.
11:49It's really beautiful.
11:52Tonight, for my brother,
11:54let's have a little game.
11:56This chest is a gift
11:58for whoever fits inside perfectly.
12:02Shall I try it first?
12:05The game looked innocent.
12:16Stand aside.
12:18If it was made for anyone,
12:20it was made for a king.
12:23Well said, brother.
12:26Who else could it possibly fit
12:28if not a king?
12:32He smiled.
12:34He was still smiling
12:36when it touched his chest.
12:40What are you doing?
12:42Open it!
12:43Open the door!
12:47Open it!
12:49Open the door!
12:55No one behind him spoke.
12:57He didn't believe
12:59he had killed a brother.
13:01He believed he had corrected
13:02a mistake the gods made
13:03on the day they were born.
13:10You always said
13:12the Nile
13:13gives everyone
13:14what they deserve.
13:16He believed the river
13:17had taken his brother
13:19forever.
13:21He had no idea
13:22it was only the beginning.
13:26the water
13:26Gold,
13:26some people
13:27like the
13:27and gonna start
13:28the sky of the
13:28undernteuli
13:28no
13:28one –
13:28from
13:29and then
13:29– this
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