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  Egypt: Judgment of the Dead in Ancient Egypt, A Feature Tour Egypt Story
Dynasty, the scales are depicted as being managed by Thoth, in his baboon form, beside the god Osiris who is seated on his throne.
If the heart proved to be false, and the deceased wicked, Ammut would swallow the heart and the deceased would die a second death.
The earliest manuscript showing Anubis and Ammut is the Book of Nebqed during the reign of either Tuthmosis IV or Amenhotep III.
www.touregypt.net /featurestories/dead.htm   (1397 words)

  
 Ancient Egypt Magazine - Reviews
In case anyone is wondering how a composite god would be treated under this system, it is the all-important head that proclaims the class.
So the fierce Ammut, ‘great of death’ and ‘eater of hearts’(an unlikely but definitely frightening one third crocodile, one third lion and one third hippopotamus) may be found under crocodile.
Reading through the beautifully illustrated text one is struck by the inexhaustibly elastic nature of the Egyptian pantheon.
www.ancientegyptmagazine.com /reviews19.htm   (1536 words)

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