Editing Anubis (section)

===Weigher of hearts===
One of the roles of Anubis was as the "Guardian of the Scales."{{sfn|Faulkner|Andrews|Wasserman|2008|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=La9K8fp-BcMC&dq=anubis+scales&pg=PA155 155]}} The critical scene depicting the weighing of the heart, in the ''[[Book of the Dead]]'', shows Anubis performing a measurement that determined whether the person was worthy of entering the realm of the dead (the [[underworld]], known as ''[[Duat]]''). By weighing the heart of a deceased person against [[Maat|''ma'at'']], who was often represented as an ostrich feather, Anubis dictated the fate of souls. Souls heavier than a feather would be devoured by [[Ammit]], and souls lighter than a feather would ascend to a heavenly existence.<ref>{{cite web|title=Museum Explorer / Death in Ancient Egypt&nbsp;– Weighing the heart|publisher=[[British Museum]]|url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/young_explorers/discover/museum_explorer/ancient_egypt/death/weighing_the_heart.aspx|access-date=23 June 2014|archive-date=11 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151011154408/http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/young_explorers/discover/museum_explorer/ancient_egypt/death/weighing_the_heart.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/aes/p/book_of_the_dead_of_ani.aspx|title=Gods of Ancient Egypt: Anubis|publisher=Britishmuseum.org|access-date=15 June 2012|archive-date=31 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151031115200/http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/aes/p/book_of_the_dead_of_ani.aspx|url-status=live}}<!-- Bot generated title --></ref>