Many ancient civilizations believed in life after death. We identify mumification with ancient Egypt. The ancient Egyptians - during the time of the dynasties - believed that mummification would guarantee the soul passage into the next life.

Some believed that the dead lived on in the tomb. While others thought of the dead as having gone to a blessed afterworld in some far-distant place. That being the case they provided for both worlds. In no other civilization have such elaborate preparations for the afterlife been made in the preservation of the dead

The Egyptian Anubis figure is finished in bright golds, reds, blues and blacks, colours typically associated with Egyptian imagery

Detailed Dimensions: Length 13.5cms, Mummy Length 10.5cms

Anubis is the Greek name for a jackal-headed god associated with mummification and the afterlife in Egyptian mythology. In the ancient Egyptian language, Anubis is known as Inpu, (variously spelled Anupu, Wip, Ienpw etc.).Anubis is depicted in fully human form very rarely.

His skin is usually depicted in black because the ancient Egyptians used that color for afterlife, death, and night.

Anubis is depicted in funerary contexts where he is shown attending to the mummies of the deceased or sitting atop a tomb protecting it.