A lion-bodied demon devours some of their dead after a task in which a truth goddess's feather is placed opposite a dead heart on a scale for weighing.
These people believed in a realm separated from the east by two sycamore trees made of turquoise gemstone, and represented one aspect of the soul as a human-headed bird. This culture's afterlife included a Field of Reeds, and they used the Opening of the Mouth ceremony to prepare some men for death. A lion-bodied demon devours some of their dead after a task in which a truth goddess's feather is placed opposite a dead heart on a scale for weighing. For 10 points, name this civilization behind a non-Tibetan Book of the Dead, which believed in a next world ruled by Osiris and helped mummified pharaohs get there.
These people believed in a realm separated from the east by two sycamore trees made of turquoise gemstone, and represented one aspect of the soul as a human-headed bird.
Ancient Egyptians [or Old Kingdom; or Middle Kingdom; or New Kingdom]