Anubis, measuring a heart of a recently deceased person. If their heart was heavy, it would be fed to Ammit.
Anubis shows up in Egyptian Mythology, and is often seen drawn numerous times in Egyptian tombs. He is described as having a human body with the head of a jackal. Anubis was given credit for creating people and for inventing embalming and the mummification process, which he used on the first ever mummy, Osiris. Anubis dwelt in the underworld where he would take the hearts of those that died and put them on a scale. If the hearts were heavy with sin they were fed to Ammit, guardian of the underworld.
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