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| ~ Discover the Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt~ | |||||||||
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~ God Anubis ~ | ||||||||
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Appearance: Anubis is represented with a jackal's head. |
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Biography: Since jackals were often since in cemetaries, Egyptian believed that Anubis was watching over the dead and they feared he might dig up the dead. Anubis was also the god who watched over the process of mummifying people when they died. |
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| Embalming (mommification) was carried out by the priests who wore the mask of Anubis. |  |
Anubis bends over the mummy . Tomb of Nebenmaat, Thebes No. 219, 20 Dynasty |
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Funarary tub of the Amun priest Djedhoriufankh, from Thebes, Third Interim Period, Cairo Egyptian Museum. |
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