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  • Limestone jackal-headed canopic jar, used to house removed stomach, liver, lungs and intestines, each organ assigned to a different jar, from a mummified Egyptian body. This jar represents Duamutef, one of the four sons of Horus, and is the guardian of the stomach
  • Snuff mull in the form of a ram's head containing two compartments with silver-gilt lids.
  • Limestone human headed canopic jar
  • Snuff mull in the form of a ram's head containing two compartments with silver-gilt lids.
  • Microparticle drug delivery
  • Snuff mull in the form of a ram's head containing two compartments with silver-gilt lids.
  • Limestone human-headed canopic jar, used to house removed stomach, liver, lungs and intestines, each organ assigned to a different jar, from a mummified Egyptian body. This jar represent Imsety, one of the four sons of Horus, and is the guardian for the liver.
  • Snuff mull in the form of a ram's head containing two compartments with silver-gilt lids.
  • Microparticle drug delivery
  • Limestone human-headed canopic jar, used to house removed stomach, liver, lungs and intestines, each organ assigned to a different jar, from a mummified Egyptian body. This jar represent Imsety, one of the four sons of Horus, and is the guardian for the liver.
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    Snuff mull in the form of a ram's head containing two compartments with silver-gilt lids.

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    Microparticle drug delivery

    Annie Cavanagh
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    Snuff mull in the form of a ram's head containing two compartments with silver-gilt lids.

    • Digital Images
    • Online

    Microparticle drug delivery

    Annie Cavanagh
    • Digital Images
    • Online

    Microparticle drug delivery

    Annie Cavanagh
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