Anubis was one of the most frequently represented deities in ancient Egyptian art.
He is depicted in royal tombs as early as the First Dynasty. The god is typically treating a king’s corpse, providing sovereign to mummification rituals and funerals,
or standing with fellow gods at the Weighing of the Heart of the Soul i
Cats
Bastet was a powerful goddess of Lower Egypt, one who was protective and could bring about great prosperity. In zoomorphic form, she was represented as a cat and cats were considered sacred to her. As a cat, she is poised and alert, on guard against external forces
Da Sacred Cats in Ancient Egypt: Cat Mummies at the British Museum.
Mummy of an kitten (hind legs pushed up on either side of the pelvis and the forelegs drawn down the body; skeleton appears to be complete with no signs of trauma; occupies only one third of the bundle; soft tissue present;
the rest of the space is made up with linen packing); the wrappings, consisting of narrow strips of linen of light and redder brown,
have been skillfully arranged so as to form a repeating lozenge pattern; the facial features have are modelled
Dogs
Da Sacred Cats in Ancient Egypt: Cat Mummies at the British Museum.
