Egypt: The Stone

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The dog-headed Anubis acts as a guide and companion to the soul in the afterlife journey.

Seti 1 temple, Abydos: Isis, goddess of magic, offers ankh, the gift of eternal life, to the soul of Pharaoh Seti 1.

Osiris, judge of the dead, presides over the 'weighing of the soul'

Ibis-headed Thoth records the name of Pharaoh Seti 1 on the tree of life on this scene from Karnak

The Scales of Maat that weighed the soul of the deceased in the afterlife.

The god Osiris-Orion, centre.

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