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Ay, with a leopard skin, performing the opening of the mouth for Tutankhamun.Wall painting from the Tomb of Tutankhamun (KV 62), 18th Dynasty (c. 1325 BCE). The ancient Egyptians held the belief that to reach the afterlife, one must pass through a series of arduous trials in the duat, which involve evading perilous creatures and traps.
The imiut fetish. The Imiut fetish (jmy-wt) [1] is a religious object that has been documented throughout the history of ancient Egypt.It was a stuffed, headless animal skin, often of a feline or bull.
Anubis is often depicted wearing a ribbon and holding a nḫ3ḫ3 "flail" in the crook of his arm. [45] Another of Anubis's attributes was the jmy-wt or imiut fetish, named for his role in embalming. [47] In funerary contexts, Anubis is shown either attending to a deceased person's mummy or sitting atop a tomb protecting it.
Separated from the main sanctuary are shrines to Hathor and Anubis, which lie on the middle terrace. The porticoes that front the terrace here host the most notable reliefs of the temple; those of the expedition to the Land of Punt and the divine birth of Hatshepsut, the backbone of her case to rightfully occupy the throne as a member of the ...
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Nephthys is regarded as the mother of the funerary deity Anubis (Inpu) in some myths. [4] [5] Alternatively Anubis appears as the son of Bastet [6] or Isis. [7] In Nubia, Nephthys was said to be the wife of Anubis. [1] Though usually considered the aunt of Horus, she often appears as his mother. She is also seen as a wife of Horus. [1]
The imiut emblem- an image of a stuffed, headless skin of an animal tied to a pole mounting a pot, was a symbol associated both with Osiris as god of the underworld and with Anubis, god of mummification, was sometimes included among a deceased person's funerary equipment.
The Anubis Shrine was found behind the unwalled entrance which led from the burial Chamber to the Treasury. The shrine, with a figure of the god Anubis on top, was facing towards the west. Behind it was the large canopic shrine containing the king's canopic chest and jars. During the work in the burial chamber, the entrance to the Treasury ...