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'''Anubis''' was the god of [[embalming]] and was often represented by a [[jackal]] or other [[dog]], his brother is [[Horus]].  
 
'''Anubis''' was the god of [[embalming]] and was often represented by a [[jackal]] or other [[dog]], his brother is [[Horus]].  
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'''[[Horus]]''' is a sun [[god]] who is often represented by the falcon, he said to have resurrected his dead father [[Osiris]].  
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'''[[Horus]]''' is the Egyptian sky [[god]] who is often represented by the falcon, he said to have resurrected his dead father [[Osiris]].  
    
'''[[Iah]]''' is an Ancient Egyptian lunar god, whose role was linked to that of Thoth in the Old and Middle Kingdoms, and who came to be eclipsed to some degree by Khonsu from the New Kingdom onward. Some scholars regard the god as the personification of the lunar disc itself within Ancient Egyptian culture.
 
'''[[Iah]]''' is an Ancient Egyptian lunar god, whose role was linked to that of Thoth in the Old and Middle Kingdoms, and who came to be eclipsed to some degree by Khonsu from the New Kingdom onward. Some scholars regard the god as the personification of the lunar disc itself within Ancient Egyptian culture.
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