Portable shrine of Anubis
Anubis, protector of the gates to the Underworld, seated atop a chest, found in the Tomb of Tutankhamun (KV62).
Anubis or Anpu was the god of embalming and the dead. Since jackals were often seen in cemeteries, the ancient Egyptians believed that Anubis watched over the dead. Anubis was the god who helped to embalm Osiris after he was killed by Seth.
Photo: Neil Harrison, from Tutankhamun Exhibition, 2013. Geneva, Switzerland.
favorite of all time, Rooney smoking beneath crucified Jesus
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Beautiful Suffering, by Kinuko Y. Craft
memorias de un viaje
model Cinzia
ph Alexander Gonzalez Delgado
Relief of Anubis
The black jackal Anubis reclines on a shrine, a sash tied around his neck and a golden flail supported by his hind leg, waiting to greet Nefertari, detail of a wall painting from the Tomb of Queen Nefertari (QV66). New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty, ca. 1292-1189 BC. Valley of the Queens, West Thebes.
This sculpture by Issac Cordal in Berlin is called “Politicians discussing global warming.”
reblogging for the millionth time
A cat makes its way through the corridor of the Girdle Wall of the Temple of Horus at Behdet.
or - Bastet pays Horus a visit.