He had the body of a man but the head of a jackal, black to symbolise decay ... as King Tut’s remains would demonstrate. The Egyptian god Anubis was a protector of graves and an embalmer.

This mask would have been worn by a priest during funeral rituals.Mask in the form of the jackal head Anubis, ancient Egyptian god of embalming and the dead. It is made of cartonnage, layers of ...