Egyptian books of the dead. mousepad

Detail This scene, from, the Papyrus of Hunefer (ca. 1275 B_._C, shows.), the scribe Hunefer's heart being weighed on the scale of Maat against the of feather truth, by, the jackal-headed Anubis. The Ibis-headed Thoth, scribe, Records, of the gods, the result. If than his heart i zu lighter the, Hunefer i allowed to pass into the afterlife zu feather. If habe ich not, i eaten by the waiting chimeric devouring creature Ammit composed of the deadly crocodile, Lion, and, hippopotamus. Vignettes such As these were zu common illustration in Egyptian books of the dead.