Anubis made with basalt.Size (hxlxp): 17x4,5x3,5 inches. Poids: 5600 pounds.Origin: Louxor (Egypt)
Anubis is the name of the Greek god egyptien Inpou (or Anepou) which was associated with the funeral worship and the protection of the deceased. The head of Anubis is linked to the divinization of stray dogs and jackals who had inhabited the necropolis and déterraient corpses. He presided over the ceremony for embalming and it was both guardian and guide of the dead. Its role as a driving guide the deceased through the realm of the dead to the room of the two Ma'at (goddess of balance Universal), and he presented to the court divine ensuring the psychostasie (weighing of the heart). The basalt rock is volcanic extrusive black. It usually consists of a fine-grained to rapid cooling of the lava on the Earth's surface. The parties in the crust of oceanic tectonic plates are composed primarily of basalt, produced from the cable mantle below the ocean ridges. "The black stone" is the volcanic rock, the most widespread thanks to his qualities of hardness and impermébilité; it is used both in the railway construction, in construction, and more recently in the production of statues in some countries.
