此外，据《亡灵之书》记载，阿努比斯的另一项工作是站在二真殿里，衡量那些等待审判的人们的心脏。The human heart was balanced on the scale against Ma’at’s feather of truth. If the heart weighed more than the feather， the person’s identity would essentially cease to exist: the hybrid deity Ammit would eat the heart， and the soul would be destroyed. But if the heart weighed the same as the feather， the deceased would pass through the underworld and into the Afterlife.
在人类发展进化史中，我们与动物相互依存、彼此影响。那些神奇的动物为人类世界贡献了参照作用。古埃及文明就是其中最鲜活的一个文明样本。吉萨的狮身人面像7月17日，“金字塔之巅：古埃及文明大展”开幕。不少古埃及艺术品中皆有动物形象，其背后的神秘力量代表着古埃及人对永恒的追求。
