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Anubis

Parchment-style artwork of Anubis weighing a heart on divine scales in an Egyptian hall.

Anubis: Jackal God of Embalming and the Dead (Egyptian Mythology)

Anubis (Egyptian: Inpw) stands among the most ancient and enduring deities of the Egyptian pantheon. Known as the god of embalming, mummification, necropolises, and the transition from mortal life to the eternal realm, he is typically depicted as a black jackal or a man with the head of a jackal. The coloration symbolizes both the fertile black soil of the
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