The falcon's head represents Qebehsenuet, one of the four sons of Horus. It holds the intestines
Duamutef held the stomach
There are four canopic jars: Imetsy, or the human jar, held the liver. Hapy, or the baboon jar, held the lungs. Duamutef, or the jackal jar, held the stomach. Qebehsenuef, or the falcon jar, held the intestines. Hope that helped. :-)
Canopic jars were made to preserve the stomach,intestines,liver,and lungs of the deceased. The Jackal jar had the stomach,the human jar had the liver,the lungs were in the monkey jar,and the falcon jar housed the intestines.
The human-headed jar represents Imsety, one of the four sons of Horus, and holds the liver.
The jars had lids that were shaped as the head of one of the minor funerary deities known as the Four Sons of Horus: Imsety, the human-headed god, looks after the liver; Happy, the babboon-headed god, looks after the lungs; Duamutef, the jackal-headed god, looks after the stomach; Qebehsenuef, the falcon-headed god, looks after the intestines. There was no canopic jar that held the head.
The jar that a mummy's organs would be placed into was a jar called a canopic jar. It was made of stone or clay.
The baboon canopic jar held the lungs of the mummy.
Imsety was the Egyptian god charged with guarding the liver canopic jar. He was the human headed of the falcon sky and sun god Horus.
There are four canopic jars: Imetsy, or the human jar, held the liver. Hapy, or the baboon jar, held the lungs. Duamutef, or the jackal jar, held the stomach. Qebehsenuef, or the falcon jar, held the intestines. Hope that helped. :-)
Imsety, human-headed protected the canopic jar of the liver.
Canopic jars were made to preserve the stomach,intestines,liver,and lungs of the deceased. The Jackal jar had the stomach,the human jar had the liver,the lungs were in the monkey jar,and the falcon jar housed the intestines.
it was called an canopic jar
The human-headed jar represents Imsety, one of the four sons of Horus, and holds the liver.
Canopic jar.
canopic jars were used to hold the guts of mummies such as stomach, liver but not the heart. The Egyptians believed that the heart had to be weighed before entering the afterlife.
The jars had lids that were shaped as the head of one of the minor funerary deities known as the Four Sons of Horus: Imsety, the human-headed god, looks after the liver; Happy, the babboon-headed god, looks after the lungs; Duamutef, the jackal-headed god, looks after the stomach; Qebehsenuef, the falcon-headed god, looks after the intestines. There was no canopic jar that held the head.
The jar that a mummy's organs would be placed into was a jar called a canopic jar. It was made of stone or clay.
The ancient canopic jar held king Tutankhamen