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Audio Interchange File Format  |  1996-02-14  |  1.2 MB  |  1 channel  |  22,050 sample rate  |  56 seconds
Transcription: Ancient Egyptians believed that a dead person's spirit traveled to the afterlife where he or she was judged by Osiris, the Lord of the Dead. Osiris and forty-two other judges asked questions of the dead person to determine whether or not the person had led a good life. The person had to vow that he or she had not done certain things. For example, the person had to say, I have not killed, and I have not built a dam against running water. To ensure that the dead person's answers were truthful, Anubis, the god of mummification, weighed the dead person's heart against a feather representing justic ...