Did you know...
*Jackals are members of the canine family.

*The Egyptian god Anubis is represented with the head of a jackal and the body of a man. He also appears entirely as a jackel.

*The jackal represents Anubis, protector of the dead. Anubis was thought to guard the embalmed body.

Look for...
*A pair of jackals

* Anubis kneeling (remember he is part man and part animal)

Details from the Coffin Case and Cover of the Priestess of Amen-Ra, Nesykhonsu
Gessoed and painted sycamore fig wood, height 6 feet 11 inches
Egypt, Thebes, late Dynasty 21 or early Dynasty 22, 959-909 bc
© The Cleveland Museum of Art
Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust, 1914.714