The Book of the Dead

The Book of the Dead - Mythological artifact from Bronze Egypt civilization
1275 BCE
Africa
Illustration
Mythological
Egypt
Bronze

Papyrus of Ani vignette judging the soul before Osiris

One feather, one heart—truth decides eternity.

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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