The Nile River is home to many people, and creatures, including Set. The river is 4,258 miles long and is the longest river in the world. The name came from the Greek word, Neilos, meaning valley. The river flows through nine countries and provides a route to the sea. In ancient times, Egyptians would use the Nile River as an extremly important role in farming. When the spring floods came, it left behing very fertile soil to use in farming.
Set used this river to dipose of his brothers body after he killed him. In some references to the Orisis myth, Set cut his body up and scattered his limbs across Egypt. Other references, however, say that Set put his brother's body in a wooden box, sealed it shut so you could only open it from the outside, and tossed it in the river. He watched as the box that contained his brother's body floated downstream to be forever lost at sea.
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