there was no pharaoh that weighed the hearts. According to Egyptian religion, the god Anubis weighed the heart against the feather of truth. If it was lighter, the Ka (spirit) would pass on to meet Osiris, for this meant that the heart was good.
The weighing of the heart was when someone would go into the after life and there heart would be weighed on the scales of truth if the heart weighed more than the feather of truth the person was not allowed in to the afterlife and there heart was tossed away!! if the heart weighed more than the feather it meant that the person was bad and not worthy enough for the afterlife .True stuff!!!!!!!
Well when you died in Egypt you went to the Hall of Judgment on one scale and the Feather of Truth in another to see if you were good when you where alive, and how much honesty you showed when you were alive. The person who weighed your heart, it was the Anubis, the god of the dead. It's a little different from the Greek Myths, but Anubis was not ruler of the Egyptian Underworld.
According to the myths, your heart was weighted so you could get into the Afterlife. Your heart was put on a scale, and if it weighed more then a feather, you would not get into the Afterlife. If it weighed less then a feather, you would get into the Afterlife..
The Egyptians believed in an Afterlife. If you did good deeds your heart would weigh less than a feather if you didn't do enough good deeds your heart would weigh more. The Egyptian Afterlife god who ruled the Underworld weighed your heart and if it weighed less than the feather on the scale you were permitted to enter the Underworld but if it weighed more, you were rejected.
It was weighed against on a real person to feel pain what is going to haappen to them
They thought your heart was weighed against the feather of truth by Anubis.
there was no pharaoh that weighed the hearts. According to Egyptian religion, the god Anubis weighed the heart against the feather of truth. If it was lighter, the Ka (spirit) would pass on to meet Osiris, for this meant that the heart was good.
The feather of truth
Anubis who weighed the soul/heart of a person against the feather of Ma'at.
The weighing of the heart was when someone would go into the after life and there heart would be weighed on the scales of truth if the heart weighed more than the feather of truth the person was not allowed in to the afterlife and there heart was tossed away!! if the heart weighed more than the feather it meant that the person was bad and not worthy enough for the afterlife .True stuff!!!!!!!
It was not Osiris who judged the dead; but Anubis who weighed the heart and soul against the feather of Ma'at.
Anubis
Well when you died in Egypt you went to the Hall of Judgment on one scale and the Feather of Truth in another to see if you were good when you where alive, and how much honesty you showed when you were alive. The person who weighed your heart, it was the Anubis, the god of the dead. It's a little different from the Greek Myths, but Anubis was not ruler of the Egyptian Underworld.
According to the myths, your heart was weighted so you could get into the Afterlife. Your heart was put on a scale, and if it weighed more then a feather, you would not get into the Afterlife. If it weighed less then a feather, you would get into the Afterlife..
The "Weighing of the Heart" is an ancient Egyptian belief where the heart of the deceased was weighed against the feather of Ma'at, the goddess of truth and justice. If the heart was pure and lighter than the feather, the person could enter the afterlife. If not, it would be devoured by Ammit, a demon-like creature.
The ancient Egyptian god Anubis was god of mummification, and the dead on their path through the underworld. He weighed the heart of the dead against the feather of Ma'at.