Limestone human headed canopic jar

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Limestone human headed canopic jar. Wellcome Collection. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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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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