The weighing of the heart against the feather of Ma'at .

In your own words, explain what

happens in the weighing of the heart
ritual. Use this picture as a prompt. In
the weighing of the heart, it is believed
that the God Anubis (who had the head
of a jackal) weighed the dead person's
heart to see if it was heavier than the
'Feather' if the person was good then
their heart would be lighter than the
feather. But if the person had done bad
things in his life their heart would be
heavier than the feather. If that
happened the demon Ammit (who had
the head of a crocodile and body of a
hippo and lion) ate the heart and the

The weighing of the heart against the feather of Ma'at.

person would never be able to enter

afterlife.