What is Anubis?
[[File:Anubis standing.svg|thumb|Anubis with head of jackal holding an [[ankh]] and a [[was-sceptre]].]] {{Hiero|Anubis|<hiero>i-n:p-w-E16</hiero>|align=left|era=egypt}} '''Anubis''' is the protector of the gates to the Underworld, Osiris replaced him as the god of the dead. He looks like a man with the head of a [[Pharaoh Hound]], called Tesem. == Anubis's Purpose == [[File:Anubis MK1888.png|thumb|208x208px|Anubis with a human body and a jackal head.]] Anubis, as the god of death and the afterlife, was closely associated with [[mummification]] and burial rites. Egyptian jackals had an association with the dead, as well. They were often found digging up buried bodies and eating them, which may be why Anubis was depicted as part jackal. The priests who mummified the [[pharaoh]]s wore costumes to make them appear like Tesem (Pharaoh hound). The Egyptian people believed that Anubis helped decide the fate of the dead in the afterlife. The heart of the dead was weighed against the feather of truth (representing the goddess [[Ma'at]]), to see if the deceased was worthy of entering the afterlife. If the person had lived an evil life, his or her heart would be heavy with evil, and he or she would be eaten by [[Ammit]] (the Devourer). If a person was kind and good, the heart would be light, he or she could continue on to the afterlife safe and sound to meet Osiris. <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/young_explorers/discover/museum_explorer/ancient_egypt/death/weighing_the_heart.aspx |title=British Museum - Weighing the heart |access-date=2013-08-21 |archive-date=2015-10-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151011154408/http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/young_explorers/discover/museum_explorer/ancient_egypt/death/weighing_the_heart.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref> Anubis, in the [[Book of the Dead]]. Is shown giving equality through research of weighing the human heart to a feather. Any honesty will make the feather heavier than the heart on the scale. == In Greece and Rome == In late