Anubis, ancient Egyptian god of funerary practices and care of the dead, represented by a jackal or the figure of a man with the head of a jackal. In the Early Dynastic period and the Old Kingdom, he enjoyed a preeminent position as lord of the dead

Anubis engages in all aspects of death and the afterlife including his roles as:

Protector of the dead and tombs.

Inventor of embalming and mummification.

Escorting the deceased to the afterlife.

Ensuring the weighting of the heart of the soul against the feather of truth is fairly completed.