Anubis is a jackal-headed god associated with mummification
and the afterlife in Egyptian mythology.
As god of embalming and the dead, the afterlife and lost souls,
Anubis is one of the most prominent and mystical gods of ancient Egypt and was known
in the earliest periods in the history of the civilization that was based near the Nile River.
The oldest known mention of Anubis is in the Old Kingdom pyramid texts,
where he is associated with the burial of the king.
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