Rare Ancient Egyptian Antique Head Statue of Anubis BC Egyptian Mythology

In the Early Dynastic period and the Old Kingdom, he enjoyed apreeminent (though not exclusive) position as lord of the dead, but he was later overshadowed byOsiris. His role is reflected in such epithets as “He Who Is upon His Mountain” (i.e., thenecropolis ), “Lord of the Sacred Land,” “Foremost of the Westerners,” and “He Who Is in the Place of Embalming.”.

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