Wikipedia Trail: From Hermes to Art of Ancient Egypt

Since I just finished reading Homer’s Illiad, I started my Wikipedia search on the God Hermes. I felt that he was very involved with this story regarding the Trojan War. I did not know that he was the son of Zeus or that he was considered a conductor of souls (Psychopomp). This led me to click on the page Psychopomp to learn more about these beings that escorted newly deceased souls into the afterlife. These were common in many different religions and cultures, each with their own psychopomp character. I specifically looked into the Egyptian psychopomp called Anubis. This Egyptian character is the commonly seen image of a man with a canine as a head. He was in charge of any mummification process and can be seen on many hieroglyphics from 3100 – 2980 BC. This page had a lot of history about Egypt, resulting in me to click on the page Art of Ancient Egypt. I skipped down to the hieroglyphic section to learn more information. It was first discovered and decoded in 1799 by Jean-Francois Champollion. These symbols and pictures are very difficult to understand and there is said to be over 700 symbols. 

Alamy: Anubis Hieroglyph