Cat-headed canopic jar, contained the protective ointment. Canopic jars were in use from the Old Kingdom onwards in Egypt to store various internal organs removed during the process of mummification. They were 4 in number and eventually came to represent the Four Sons of Horus
9.5" tall resin
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Anubis was the ancient Egyptian God of the Dead. When his priests embalmed the dead, preparing them for their journey to the underworld, they donned masks with the jackal’s head of Anubis. As service for the god Osiris, lord of the underworld, Anubis performed the “weighing of the heart” without which immortality was impossible. He also guarded the souls of...
Canopic jars were used by the Ancient Egyptians during the mummification process to store and preserve the viscera of their owner for the afterlife.The jars were four in number, each charged with the safekeeping of particular human organs: the stomach, intestines, lungs, and liver. They were placed inside a canopic chest and buried in tombs together with the sarcophagus of...
Anubis was the ancient Egyptian God of the Dead. When his priests embalmed the dead, preparing them for their journey to the underworld, they donned masks with the jackal’s head of Anubis. As service for the god Osiris, lord of the underworld, Anubis performed the “weighing of the heart” without which immortality was impossible. He also guarded the souls of...
Anubis was the ancient Egyptian God of the Dead. When his priests embalmed the dead, preparing them for their journey to the underworld, they donned masks with the jackal’s head of Anubis. As service for the god Osiris, lord of the underworld, Anubis performed the “weighing of the heart” without which immortality was impossible. He also guarded the souls of...