Anubis

  Anubis  or  Inpu, Anpu  in Ancient Egyptian   Ancient Greek :  Ἄνουβις ,  Egyptian :  inpw ,  Coptic :  ⲁⲛⲟⲩⲡ   Anoup ) is the  Greek  name of the god of death, mummification, embalming, the afterlife, cemeteries, tombs, and the  Underworld , in  ancient Egyptian religion , usually depicted as a  canine  or a man with a  canine head . Archeologists have identified Anubis's sacred animal as an Egyptian  canid , the  African golden wolf . The African wolf was formerly called the "African golden  jackal ", until a 2015 genetic analysis updated the taxonomy and the common name for the species.  As a result, Anubis is often referred to as having a "jackal" head, but this "jackal" is now more properly called a "wolf".