Yesterday's Answer, Today's Query

Today's Answer:


In ancient Egypt, the gods of the afterlife determined whether the deceased's soul had lived a blameless life by determining whether it weighed less than the feather of truth. (That meant the heart was free of the impurities of sin). Here is an ancient depiction.

Tomorrow's Question:


What is the contemporary name for the former Roman city/town Londinium?


I would be surprised if the answer to this one isn't London but I am just guessing.




(Sources: American Mensa, email transmission, June 7, 2011; http://arttattler.com/Images/Europe/England/London/British%20Museum/Egyptian%20Book%20of%20the%20Dead/06-Weighing-of-the-heart-by-Anubis,-detail-from-the-Book-of-the-Dead-of-Ani.jpg; http://www.egyptianmyths.net/feather.htm; http://www.london.gov.uk/)

Compiled by Otto Ladensack