In Ancient Egypt, which body part was seen as being the center of thought and emotion? Hint: it was to be weighed against a feather in the afterlife during judgment.

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Larry Allen

7 December, 09:16

In Ancient Egypt, which body part was seen as being the center of thought and emotion? Hint: it was to be weighed against a feather in the afterlife during judgment.

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Benjamin Hutchinson · Answer 1

heart.

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In ancient Egypt, the heart was considered to be the center of thought and emotion. According to their belief system, in the afterlife, the heart was weighed in a balance against the famous feather of Maat, and the god in charge of performing this ritual was none other than Anubis, the god of death and the afterlife. As the ritual was supposed to happen, the heart had to balance the weight of the feather, for if the heart was heavier, the heart would be lost and the soul of that person destroyed.