The god of mummification, and the patron god of lost souls, Anubis is depicted (either as a jackal or as a man with a jackal’s head) in tombs as early as Egypt’s 1st dynasty.

In the case of the Dog Catacombs, the gifts were likely for jackal-headed Egyptian deity Anubis, in the hope of favor or good fortune, or as thanks. "Each mummy would be a symbol of something a ...