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Anubis Story |
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The god of embalming and cemeteries, Anubis is usually depicted as a
jackal or a man with the head of a jackal |
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Since jackals were common scavengers in Egyptian burial sites, the
honouring of Anubis in this guise may have represented a way of
protecting the dead from molestation |
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Anubis was an ancient deity to whom prayers for the survival of the
deceased in the Afterlife were addressed before Osiris rose to
prominence as the god of the dead |
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Anubis continued to assist in the judgement of the dead and accompanied
the deceased to the throne of Osiris for the ritual of the Weighing of
the Heart |
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This
particular painting comes from the tomb of Tutankhamun. The cartouche to
the left spells out his prenomen (one of the Pharaoh’s names) -
Nebkheperura. Anubis, seated on the shrine with carrying poles, was
found at the entrance to the treasury of his tomb |
