This scene depicts what occurs after a person has died. To the Egyptians the heart was considered to be the seat of all knowledge instead of the brain so the jackal god Anubis (who represents the underworld and mummification) then weighs the heart of the deceased (left tray) against the feather of Ma'at, goddess of truth and justice (right tray). If the heart of the deceased outweighs the feather, then the deceased has a heart which has been made heavy with evil deeds. In that event, the deceased is eaten by the Amemet monster. But if the feather outweighs the heart, then the deceased has led a righteous life and may be presented before Osiris to join the afterlife. Thoth, the ibis-headed god of wisdom stands at the ready to record the outcome. In the right of the scene we can see the deceased waiting for the judgment.