In the last days of the Divine Dynasty, mortal men rebelled against their Pharaoh-God, Osiris. They fell to debauchery and blasphemy, proclaiming the old gods too weak to rule; thus Osiris created for them a new goddess, a goddess of perdition, to chastise them: Hathor.
Ani, an Egyptian scribe during the reign of Ramses II, visits his family in Abydos for the Festival of Lights – a sacred day devoted to Hathor, the benevolent goddess of love, wine and mirth....