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The falcon's head represents Qebehsenuet, one of the four sons of Horus. It holds the intestines

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Duamutef held the stomach

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What did the baboon canopic jar hold?

The baboon canopic jar held the lungs of the mummy.


What is the name of the god who guarded the liver's canopic jar?

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.


What intestines go inside the canopic jars?

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. :-)


Livers canopic jar?

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What were the canopic jars made from?

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.


During mummification what was the special container called that was used to hold the intestines?

it was called an canopic jar


What does the human head canopic jar hold?

The human-headed jar represents Imsety, one of the four sons of Horus, and holds the liver.


Jar that held the Embald organs?

Canopic jar.


What is beneficial about a 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.


Which canopic jar holds the heart?

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.


What was the name of the jars that held the embaled organs?

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.


What is a sentence for the word canopic?

The ancient canopic jar held king Tutankhamen