Throughout the history of ancient Egypt there have been many temples to Anubis.
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There were, in ancient Egypt many temples to Anubis, his chief cult cities were Cynopolis and Lycopolis (called so by the ancient Greeks).
Anubis was also called : Anpu, Inpu, Ienpw, Imeut (Lord-of-the-Place-of-Embalming).
Ra is the father of Shu and Tefnut, whose children Geb and Nut had Osiris and Nephthys who were the parents of Anubis. Or the parents of Anubis are Ra and Nephthys or Set. Bast and Heset are also called mothers of Anubis.
Anubis appears as a man with the head of a jackal-like animal. Unlike a real jackal, Anubis' head is black, representing his position as a god of the dead. He is rarely shown fully-human, but he is depicted so in the Temple of Abydos of Rameses II. There is a beautiful statue of him as a full jackal in the tomb of Tutankhamun.
It is called Tubachika