Thousands of years ago, the Egyptians worshiped a God known as Anubis. He was the god of death and resurrection and is depicted with the head of a jackal. Anubis played a vital role in the afterlife ...

The recent discovery of dozens of 2,000 year old burials near Saqqara's necropolis has shed light on the more ordinary ...

Death. No religion can avoid the subject, but the ancient Egyptians—who thrived between 3100 B.C. and 332 B.C.—built their faith around it. The worldly life, proclaimed the priests, was just a ...

Per ancient Egyptian religious practices, most Anubis worshipers lived in Saka, a town in Upper Egypt. In Saka, street dogs were free to roam the streets of the town and the halls of Anubis’ temple.

The discovery of the tomb 23 feet underground at the ancient necropolis of Anubis Mountain was announced by University of Pennsylvania Museum and Egyptian archaeologists.

The necropolis is situated at Abydos’ Anubis Mountain, a natural pyramid-shaped formation that was considered sacred by the ancient Egyptians and served to conceal the tombs built beneath it.

Mask in the form of the jackal head Anubis, ancient Egyptian god of embalming and the dead. It is made of cartonnage, layers of linen and papyrus, stiffened with plaster and then painted.

Mask in the form of the jackal head Anubis, ancient Egyptian god of embalming and the dead. It is made of cartonnage, layers of linen and papyrus, stiffened with plaster and then painted.