2011年8月21日星期日

THE BOOK OF THE DEAD

The book of the dead is a  ancient Egyptian funerary text ancient Egyptian funerary text. From this artwork, it shows the scribe Hunefer's heart being weighed on the scale of Maat against the feather of truth, by the jackal-headed Anubis. The Ibis-headed Thoth is scribe of the gods. He job is to records the result. If heart is lighter than the feather, Hunefer is allowed to pass into the afterlife. If not, he is eaten by the waiting the deadly crocodile, lion or hippopotamus. 

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