The 1st person who ansewered this was soo wrong!
Anubis has the head of a jackal because jackals are known for hunting the dead. Some Egyptians claimed too see jackal foot prints leading too graves.
a jackal
Anubis did not make it, it was his aspect as a god of the dead which the ancient Egyptians associated with that animal.
Anubis usually was depicted as a man with the head of a jackal-like animal, usually wearing a shendyt (a type of skirt).
Horus had the head of a falcon or a hawk. Sobek had the head of a crocodile. Anubis had the head of a jackal. Sekhmet had the head of a lioness. Thoth had the head of an ibis or a baboon.
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.
Anubis in ancient Egypt
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.
A jackal - a canine mammal closely related to the dog; smaller than a wolf.
Anubis is the Egyptian god of death, he had a head of the Jackel. The mask of Anubis is probably just that, a mask of Anubis!
In Anubis in art; he is 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.
Anubis appeared 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.
Anubis looked like 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.