Osiris Canopic Jar, 22nd Dynasty, c1550BC-1069 BC
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Osiris Canopic Jar, 22nd Dynasty, c1550BC-1069 BC
Osiris Canopic Jar, 22nd Dynasty, c1550BC-1069 BC. Containers used to store internal organs removed from the deceaseds body during mummification. Their stoppers were made in the likeness of Horus?s sons, funerary gods whose role was to guard the internal organs. Qebehsenuef, with the head of a falcon, looked after the intestines, Hapy, with the head of a baboon, safeguarded the lungs, Duamutef, with the head of a jackal, protected the stomach, and Imsety, with a human head, looked after the liver. Louvre
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11th Century Bc 16th Century Bc 22nd Dynasty Ancient Egypt Canopic Jar Funerary Hieroglyphic Hieroglyphics Internal Organ Late Period Louvre Mummification Musee Du Louvre Osiris
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