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Canaan
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Trade Network Significance
Canaan served as a crucial nexus for the movement of prestige goods. The primary commodity traded eastward was processed cedarwood from Lebanon, while goods imported included lapis lazuli from Badakhshan and specialized bitumen collected from the southern shores of the Dead Sea, which was vital for ritual embalming processes.
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Osiris
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Osiris presided over the Hall of Two Truths, where the souls of the deceased underwent judgment. This process, often referred to as the "Weighing of the Heart," involved the deceased reciting the Negative Confession and their heart being weighed against the Feather of Ma'at (truth and order).
The concept of "becoming an Osiris" was fundamental to [funerary belief](/entries/funerary-belief…