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| Title | god of Embalming |
| Cult Center | Cynopolis (Upper Egypt) |
| Gender | Male - Jackal |
| Father | Illegitimate son of Osiris |
| Mother | Nephthys |
| Consort | Anput - the jackal godess |
| Sons and Daughters | daughter Kebechet |
| Siblings | Horus |
| Patron - Dominion | Embalmer - protector of the dead |
| Dedicated temples | All the Tombs |
| Appearance | man with the head of a jackal crouching jackal |
He leads the souls of the deceased to Judgment hall of Maat .
Judge of the Dead - Anubis would take each person's heart and weigh it against the Feather of Truth.
Anubis invented embalming and funeral rites.
Masks of Anubis were worn by priest officiating at the funeral and the Mummification process
in the Ptolemaic Period he was regarded as the Egyptian equivalent of the Greek Hermes
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