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2. Canopic jar - Wikipedia

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   Canopic jars (casts), Egypt, 945–712 BC – National Museum of Natural History, United States. Canopic jars are containers that were used by the ancient Egyptians during the mummification process, to store and preserve the viscera of their soul for the afterlife.

3. Canopic chest - Wikipedia

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   Tutankhamun's canopic chest. Egyptian Museum, Cairo. Canopic chests are cases used by ancient Egyptians to contain the internal organs removed during the process of mummification. Once canopic jars began to be used in the late Fourth Dynasty, the jars were placed within canopic chests.

4. Ushabti - Wikipedia

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   Due to the ushabti's commonness through all Egyptian time periods, and world museums' desire to represent ancient Egyptian art objects, the ushabti is one of the most commonly represented objects in Egyptology displays. Produced in huge numbers, ushabtis, along with scarabs, are the most numerous of all ancient Egyptian antiquities to survive.

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   Egyptians believed in preserving the body for the afterlife so a person’s soul would have a place to return, according to the study. The canopic jars were made with limestone, which absorbed ...

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   Any internal organs removed during the process were typically placed in canopic jars, each featuring an iconographic lid with one of the four sons of the Egyptian god Horus to protect each organ ...

7. Four sons of Horus - Wikipedia

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   Beginning in the First Intermediate Period of Egyptian history (c. 2181–2055 BC), Imsety, Hapy, Duamutef, and Qebehsenuef were especially connected with the four canopic jars that housed the internal organs that were removed from the body of the deceased during the process of mummification. Most commonly, Imsety protected the liver, Hapy the ...