Q 01/05

Anubis is usually shown with the head of which animal?

A) A jackal-like canine

B) A peregrine falcon

C) A sacred ibis

D) A Nile crocodile

Answer · why

A) A jackal-like canine

In the earliest period he was shown entirely as a black canine, not as a man with an animal head.

Q 02/05

Anubis was the ancient Egyptian god of what?

A) Funerary rites and the dead

B) The sun and kingship

C) Writing and wisdom

D) The Nile flood

Answer · why

A) Funerary rites and the dead

He was also a protector of graves and the guide who led souls into the underworld.

Q 03/05

What colour is Anubis traditionally painted?

A) Black

B) Green

C) Gold

D) Red

Answer · why

A) Black

The colour stood for the fertile Nile silt, rebirth, and the darkening of an embalmed corpse.

Q 04/05

By which period had Osiris replaced Anubis as lord of the underworld?

A) The Middle Kingdom

B) The Old Kingdom

C) The New Kingdom

D) The Ptolemaic period

Answer · why

A) The Middle Kingdom

In Roman-era tomb paintings Anubis leads the dead by the hand into Osiris's presence.

Q 05/05

In the Weighing of the Heart, the dead person's heart was weighed against what?

A) An ostrich feather

B) A gold ring

C) A grain of wheat

D) A scarab beetle

Answer · why

A) An ostrich feather

The feather represented ma'at, truth and order; a heart heavier than it was fed to a monster.