Facts about Ammit

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   Ammit was never worshipped as a goddess and received no cult or temple dedications, distinguishing her from most other Egyptian mythological beings.

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   Souls devoured by Ammit were said to suffer a second death, a fate Egyptians considered far worse than ordinary death.

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   Depicted as female, Ammit dwelt beside the scales of justice in the Hall of Two Truths during the weighing of the heart ceremony.

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   The role of Ammit in Egyptian mythology was to devour the hearts of the dead deemed unworthy, condemning them to permanent non-existence rather than an afterlife.

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   In ancient Egyptian mythology, Ammit was a composite creature with the head of a crocodile, the forequarters of a lion, and the hindquarters of a hippopotamus.

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