Young male olive baboon Papio cynocephalus anubis sitting atop a tree trunk looking at the camera, Samburu Game Reserve, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Olive baboon Papio cynocephalus anubis baby riding on its mother's back, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

Olive baboon Papio cynocephalus anubis infant riding on its mother's back, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

Prince Amonchopeshfu, Son of Ramses III, with Mother and Anubis Artist Unknown (Egyptian) Fresco Tomb of Amonchopeshfu, Valley of the Queens, Egypt

Infant olive baboon Papio cynocephalus anubis sitting in its mother's lap and looking at the camera, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

Mural showing the god Anubis leaning over mummy of Ramses II, in the Tomb of Sinjin, chief artist to Ramses II, Deir el Medina, Thebes, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Egypt - Ancient Thebes (UNESCO World Heritage List, 1979). Valley of the Kings. Tomb of Ramses I. Pharaoh between gods Harsiesis and Anubis

Egypt - Ancient Thebes (UNESCO World Heritage List, 1979). Necropolis at Shaykh 'Abd al-Qurnah (Abd el-Qurna). Tomb of Horemheb. Jackal head god Anubis

Juvenile olive baboon Papio cynocephalus anubis sitting on stump and scratching, Samburu Game Reserve, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Olive baboon Papio cynocephalus anubis infant riding on its mothers chest, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

Mural painting of pharaoh Ramses II between Horus and Anubis at tomb. Deir el-Medineh. Valley of the Kings. West Bank. Luxor. Egypt

The king in the form of the god Anubis, from the tomb of Tutankhamun, discovered in the Valley of the Kings, Thebes, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Olive baboon Papio cynocephalus anubis infant riding on its mother's back, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

Egypt - West Thebes - Deir-el-Median - Tomb of Sennedjem - New kingdom - XIX Dynasty - Interior - God Anubis and the mummification of the dead - Wall painting

Weighing the heart of the deceased in a balance. Baboon is one form of Thoth, inventor of writing and secretary to the gods, whose other form is as an ibis-headed man. Above the balance is a block of written hieroglyphs. Funerary papyrus, 18th Dynasty, Louvre, Paris

Olive baboon Papio cynocephalus anubis infant riding on its mother's back, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

Detail of Tree of Life, judge of the underworld, king Rameses II 1304-1237 BC third king of 19th dynasty, Temple of karnak, Luxor, Egypt

Detail of Tree of Life, judge of the underworld, king Rameses II 1304-1237 BC third king of 19th dynasty, Temple of karnak, Luxor, Egypt