The Death of Ani: A Book of Satisfaction (about 1250 BC) describes the story that after death, people can only enter heaven after being judged by the gods: the heart of the dead Ani is put on the balance, compared with a feather on the wing of the goddess Maya, if the heart is not heavier than the feather, it means that the dead can enjoy eternal life; Otherwise, the heart will be swallowed up by the monster amit on the right side of the picture, and the deceased will not be able to enter the afterlife. In the painting, Anubis, the wolf's head antiseptic death, is adjusting the precision of the balance. Toth, the secretary of the wolf head and the god of works, is waiting to record the measurement results. The baboon squatting on the balance post is the incarnation of Toth. The person "She" standing in front of Anubis and the head-shaped birth brick above him are two manifestations of Ani's ultimate fate, while the head bird "Ba" who watched the whole ceremony from a distance represents Ani's personality characteristics. On the left, Arnie and his wife are anxiously watching the ceremony. There is also a jury of twelve gods at the top of the picture. The whole painting depicts a world where God and man coexist, reflecting the devout belief of ancient Egyptians in God.
This painting represents the characteristics of painting art in ancient Egypt. For the ancient Egyptians, the plane image will also be transformed into a three-dimensional object under the influence of magic. Therefore, in the graphic works used to accompany the deceased into the afterlife, the object should be fully expressed and its important parts should be emphasized so that it can perfectly resurrect its original shape in the future. When portraying characters, ancient Egyptians always portrayed their body outlines clearly and completely, and showed their various parts in the most complete state. Therefore, there is no fixed-point perspective in ancient Egyptian painting, which is not limited to one-sided observation by human eyes. The standard figure of a person is: the head on the front has an eye, and the legs on the side are under the trunk on the front. Viewed from the vertical direction, objects do not overlap, but they are always arranged one after another and layered. The ancient Egyptians also decided the size of things in paintings according to their status in their minds. For example, in this painting, the god Anubis and the Ani couple are shown higher than other characters because of their important position. Ancient Egyptian painting art mostly depicts scenes, or real life, or spiritual society. In the form of expression, it depicts things with straight and concise lines, and almost simplifies the image as a symbol as a carrier of life; The color of the picture is simple, with a little blue-green in the tones of brown, white, yellow and red; In the performance of characters, we should adhere to a fixed proportion of modeling. Men who work outside the home are mostly brown-red, while women who do housework are yellow or red. Characters' faces are rarely expressive, dignified and inflexible, and arranged in rhythm.