In Egyptian mythology, Anubis "performed the very first mummification — of Osiris himself," Laura Ranieri Roy, the founder and director of Ancient Egypt Alive, told Live Science in an email.

These animals are associated with the afterlife in Egyptian mythology because Anubis, the god of the dead, is often depicted with the head of a jackal. Graphic Masters II: Highlights from the ...

The Egyptian jackal, which may have been the inspiration for the Egyptian god Anubis, is actually not a jackal at all but a member of the wolf family. New genetic research in the open-access ...

Historical presence: The jackal-headed god Anubis is closely aligned with mummification and the afterlife in Egyptian mythology The same doubts have been raised by several 20th century biologists ...