The four canopic jars of Horemsaf (c.1069-1030 BCE) “All four of these calcite ‘can
The four canopic jars of Horemsaf (c.1069-1030 BCE) “All four of these calcite ‘canopic’ jars—the modern term used for the containers that were used to store the internal organs removed from the deceased’s body during mummification—belonged to the same person, who lived during the Late Period. Their stoppers were made in the likeness of Horus’s four sons, funerary gods whose role was to guard the internal organs.” (Source) -- source link
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