Relief depicting Anubis as a Roman legionary preparing the mummy of the deceased laid on a funeral couch. We can see three canopic jars, the fourth is being replaced by the figure of Anubis himself. The gods Thoth, on the right, and Horus, on the left, flank the scene.

2nd century AD. Catacombs of Kom El Shoqafa, Alexandria.

Photo: Patrick Landmann