Anubis - God of Embalming, head of jackal
Anubis invented embalming to embalm Osiris, the first mummy. He was the guide of the dead. The Egyptians embalmed their dead, especially their pharaohs, to preserve them, since they thought that this helped them live for ever.
The Ancient Egyptians believed that when anda died, anda travelled to the Hall of the Dead. There Anubis weighed your hati, tengah-tengah against the feather of Ma'at. Ma'at, the goddess of justice sits on bahagian, atas of the scales to make sure that the weighing is carried out properly. anda can see Anubis steadying the scales to make the weighing fair....
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