The falcon-headed god Horus leads Ani, who has been judged to have been good while on earth, to the god Osiris.

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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 the book that belonged 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. Here the falcon-headed god Horus leads Ani, who has been judged to have been good while on earth, to the god Osiris.

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