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Imsety The god Imsety Guarded the Intestines. This god was featured with a human head.
Imsety, who was in turn protected by the goddess Isis.
When the organs were removed in the mummification process, they were preserved in canopic jars.
they were used to preserve organs during the mummification process in ancient egypt
The God Osiris was the god of the Underworld.
Canopic Jars
Jars as in Canopic jars (I’m doing Ancient Egypt for my history assignment and I hope I helped people)
canopic chests are chests that are used in the process of mummification (in ancient Egypt). they contain the internal organs of a mummy. usually there are 4 compartments one with: lungs, liver, stomach and intestine. canopic chests were used from the 2nd dynasty.
canopic chests are chests that are used in the process of mummification (in ancient egypt). they contain the internal organs of a mummy. usually there are 4 compartments one with: lungs, liver, stomach and intestine. canopic chests were used from the 2nd dynasty.
The Canopic jars!! The Canopic jars are guarded a different organ like : 1. Imesty had a human head,protected the liver. 2. Qebehsenuf had the head of a falcon and guarded the intestine. 3. Hapy had a baboon head protected the lungs. 4. Duamatef had the head of a lackal and guarded the stomach. The four canopic jars were put into the tomb with the mummy so these jars were used to hold and preserve organs during the "Mummification". process
In clay or stone vessels known as canopic jars, except for the brain, which was discarded.
Canopic jars are just pottery jars. Used for various purposes. Some civilisations used jars to hold the organs of embalmed prominent citizens. In ancient Egypt, mummies were buried with four canopic jars, one for each of Horus's sons, and each containing a different internal organ. The jar representing Imsety had a human head and contained the liver.