Anubis is a god of ancient Egyptian religion, who according to that religion never died. Thus he is still "alive".
The God of the dead was called Anubis, Anubis is the one who put the heart on the scales with the feather of truth.
Anubis was protector and guide of the dead in the Duat (underworld).
Anubis was protector and guide of the dead in the Duat (underworld).
Anubis was the god of mummification and embalming; Osiris judged the dead and lived in the underworld.Osiris and Anubis were both gods of the dead.
Anubis was guide and protector of the dead and the embalmer/mummification god.
Since the ancient Egyptian Old Kingdom the god Anubis had been the god of embalming, as well as protector, tester and guide of the dead in the Duat (underworld) also being noted at that him for being ruler of the dead (with Osiris as the god of embalming).
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One would have to see the depiction of Anubis is answer this fully, but Anubis was also a protective god of the dead, thus perhaps the need for a khopesh as the Duat (underworld) through which the dead traveled with Anubis was viewed as dangerous.
The ancient Egyptian god Anubis was the god of embalming the dead; protector, tester, and guide to the dead in the Duat (underworld).
Anubis was god of mummification, and the dead on their path through the underworld.
The ancient Egyptian god Anubis cared for the dead.
Anubis was the ancient Egyptian god of protecting the dead.