![]() To that end, the Anubis was conceived as a rather muscular man with the head of a jackal ( sAb) or a wild dog ( iwiw) or a hybrid of both, while also showcasing his characteristic black fur. ![]() Consequently, solid structures like tombs were possibly built to ‘guard’ the dead against such creatures, thus essentially tying in the visual aspect of the canines to the scope of the dead and funerary practices. ![]() According to one hypothesis, the earlier places of burials and cemeteries along the desert, during the preDynastic period (before 3150 BC), were popular haunts for the roving dogs and jackals.
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