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Anubis (/ ə ˈ nj uː b ɪ s /; [3] Ancient Greek: Ἄνουβις), also known as Inpu, Inpw, Jnpw, or Anpu in Ancient Egyptian (Coptic: ⲁⲛⲟⲩⲡ, romanized: Anoup), is the god of funerary rites, protector of graves, and guide to the underworld, in ancient Egyptian religion, usually depicted as a canine or a man with a canine head.
[b] [4] [15] Anubis, the Guardian of the Scales, conducted the dead towards the weighing scale. [29] Ammit would be situated near the scale, awaiting the results. While Thoth, the god of hieroglyphs and judgment, would record the results. [30] The heart of the deceased was weighed against the feather of Ma'at, [c] the goddess of truth.
The underworld was also the residence of various other gods along with Osiris. The geography of the Duat is similar in outline to the world the Egyptians knew: There are realistic features like rivers, islands, fields, lakes, mounds and caverns, but there were also fantastic lakes of fire, walls of iron, and trees of turquoise
The Anubis Shrine was found behind the unwalled entrance which led from the burial Chamber to the Treasury. The shrine, with a figure of the god Anubis on top, was facing towards the west. Behind it was the large canopic shrine containing the king's canopic chest and jars. During the work in the burial chamber, the entrance to the Treasury ...
The jackal hieroglyph that appears in Khenti-Amentiu's name in the Early Dynastic Period is traditionally seen as a determinative to indicate the god's form, but Terence DuQuesne argued that the jackal glyph represents the name of Anubis and that Khenti-Amentiu was originally an epithet or manifestation of Anubis. If this is the case, Khenti ...
The gods Osiris, Anubis, and Horus depicted together in the Tomb of Horemheb in the Valley of the Kings. The goddesses find and restore Osiris's body, often with the help of other deities, including Thoth, a deity credited with great magical and healing powers, and Anubis, the god of embalming and funerary rites.
Name Other Names Description Purported Location Depiction Anguila peluda [10]: Hairy Eel Pond animal Pamital ravine, Canary Islands Cadborosaurus [11]: Caddy Sea animal Pacific Coast of North America
Description: Anubis, the jackal headed god of ancient Egypt. Anubis is also depicted in full jackal form perched atop a tomb, guarding it. [1] Based on New Kingdom tomb paintings.