Anubis, jackal-headed god of the dead, weighs the heart of the scribe Ani, against the feather of truth to decide Ani's fate.

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For the ancient Egyptians, the Book of the Dead tells of the path the dead must go to the underworld. This image is a part of of the book that beloned to the scribe Ani The Papyrus Ani, as the papyrus is called today, dates to about 1275-1250 , the time of the 19th Dynasty during the New Kingdom. In this scene, the jackal-headed god of the dead, Anubis, is weighing the heart of the deceased, that is - Ani's, against the feather of truth to decide Ani's fate. The baboon sitting atop the scales represents Thoth, the god of writing, and is overseeing the procedures. The winged figure to the left of the scales is Ani's ba or soul.

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