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According to the myths, your heart was weighted so you could get into the Afterlife. Your heart was put on a scale, and if it weighed more then a feather, you would not get into the Afterlife. If it weighed less then a feather, you would get into the Afterlife..

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Who was the jackal headed god who weighed the heart of the dead?

Well when you died in Egypt you went to the Hall of Judgment on one scale and the Feather of Truth in another to see if you were good when you where alive, and how much honesty you showed when you were alive. The person who weighed your heart, it was the Anubis, the god of the dead. It's a little different from the Greek Myths, but Anubis was not ruler of the Egyptian Underworld.


In Egyptian mythology where the afterlife weighed on the pureness of there heart?

The weighing of the heart was when someone would go into the after life and there heart would be weighed on the scales of truth if the heart weighed more than the feather of truth the person was not allowed in to the afterlife and there heart was tossed away!! if the heart weighed more than the feather it meant that the person was bad and not worthy enough for the afterlife .True stuff!!!!!!!


This is the Egyptian form of heaven?

The Egyptians believed in an Afterlife. If you did good deeds your heart would weigh less than a feather if you didn't do enough good deeds your heart would weigh more. The Egyptian Afterlife god who ruled the Underworld weighed your heart and if it weighed less than the feather on the scale you were permitted to enter the Underworld but if it weighed more, you were rejected.


What was the pharaoh called that weighed the hearts against a feather?

there was no pharaoh that weighed the hearts. According to Egyptian religion, the god Anubis weighed the heart against the feather of truth. If it was lighter, the Ka (spirit) would pass on to meet Osiris, for this meant that the heart was good.


How do you get into the ancient Egyptian afterlife?

By having a copy in some form of the prayers from the Book of the Dead, in order to correctly answer questions asked you. Your heart must be measured-weighed against the feather of ma'at. If it is heavier than that, your soul would endure death for the dead, being devoured by the monster Apep.

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What is the special power of egyptian god Anubis?

Anubis was the ancient Egyptian god of embalming the dead; as well as protector, guide and tester of the dead in the Duat (underworld). He weighed the heart of the dead against the feather of Ma'at.


What are some Anubis achievement's?

The ancient Egyptian god Anubis was god of mummification, and the dead on their path through the underworld. He weighed the heart of the dead against the feather of Ma'at.


Who weighed the heart of the dead?

Anubis


Who was the jackal headed god who weighed the heart of the dead?

Well when you died in Egypt you went to the Hall of Judgment on one scale and the Feather of Truth in another to see if you were good when you where alive, and how much honesty you showed when you were alive. The person who weighed your heart, it was the Anubis, the god of the dead. It's a little different from the Greek Myths, but Anubis was not ruler of the Egyptian Underworld.


What was dead person's heart weighed on?

A scale, versus a feather.


What was the dead person's heart weighed on?

A scale, versus a feather.


What are facts about Anubis?

Anubis was the ancient Egyptian god of embalming (mummification) and the guide and protector of the dead's the journey through the Duat (underworld) until the heart was weighed against the feather of Ma'at.


What was the dead person's heart weighed against?

It was weighed against on a real person to feel pain what is going to haappen to them


In Egyptian mythology where the afterlife weighed on the pureness of there heart?

The weighing of the heart was when someone would go into the after life and there heart would be weighed on the scales of truth if the heart weighed more than the feather of truth the person was not allowed in to the afterlife and there heart was tossed away!! if the heart weighed more than the feather it meant that the person was bad and not worthy enough for the afterlife .True stuff!!!!!!!


This is the Egyptian form of heaven?

The Egyptians believed in an Afterlife. If you did good deeds your heart would weigh less than a feather if you didn't do enough good deeds your heart would weigh more. The Egyptian Afterlife god who ruled the Underworld weighed your heart and if it weighed less than the feather on the scale you were permitted to enter the Underworld but if it weighed more, you were rejected.


What was the Eygptian dead person heart weighed on?

A scale ,versus a feather


What organ was left in an Egyptian dead body?

The heart