Anubis the Jackal

Ancient Egypt has fascinated me ever since I was a child, especially with movies like The Mummy. One of their gods that I have always loved was Anubis which is the Egyptian god associated with mummification and the afterlife. Anubis attends the weighing scale to weigh the soul's heart in the afterlife. Anubis has the body of a human and the head of a Jackal. In this photo you can see Anubis finishing mummification.

Anubis carries a flail in one hand and an ankh in the other. In this painting you can see Anubis finishing the mummification of Sennedjem which is located in his tomb.

These two paintings are very similar even though they are located in different areas and from different times. I like them because they show Anubis actually involved in finishing the mummification process. The contrast between details is very cool. In the first painting you can actually see the hands reach around the sarcophagus. The face and ears of the Jackal are ornately colored and very precise. The second piece has more ornately detailed patterns on the wall, clothing, and sarcophagus.

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