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  • A funerary reliquary, Upper Ogowe, Gabon
  • A funerary reliquary, Upper Ogowe, Gabon
  • A funerary reliquary, Upper Ogowe, Gabon
  • A funerary reliquary, Upper Ogowe, Gabon
  • A funerary reliquary, Upper Ogowe, Gabon
  • Tomb with deposit of skulls
  • 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
  • Limestone human headed canopic jar
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • Hired bannermen partaking in a funeral procession.
  • Profile view of a mummified male head