Papyrus of Ani vignette judging the soul before Osiris

The Book of the Dead

ID:
002-002
Discipline:
Mythological
Era:
Bronze
Civilization:
Egypt
Medium:
Illustration

Chapter 30B of the Egyptian Book of the Dead spells out a cosmic courtroom. The weighing ritual captures the tension between inner conscience and universal order—duality rendered as judgment.

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