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Two alabaster canopic jars of Ptakhotep. III Intermediate Period, XXI-XXIV Dynasty. (Egyptian Museum, Turin)

Canopic Jars Of Djedbastetiuefankh. Dynasty, about 380-343 BCE. Hawara, Egypt Limestone. Once removed from the chest and abdomen, the organs were embalmed separately and placed in canopic jars. There were usually four organ bundles, each...

Canopic jars of Djedbastetiuefankh, 30th Dynasty, c. 380–343 BCE, Hawara, Egypt, limestone, EA 22374, EA 22375, EA 22376, and EA 22377.

Calcite canopic jars of Neskhons (21st Dynasty) with painted wooden lids representing the Four Sons of Horus.

This calcite-alabaster chest and its lid were made for storing the canopic jars of Shoshenq I (reigned 943-922 BCE), the founder of the 22nd (Bubastite or Libyan) Dynasty of Egypt. The nomen and prenomen cartouches of Shoshenq I are carved...

Each of the jars contains a shallow cavity too small to accommodate a package of wrapped viscera. The inscriptions associate Duamutef and Qebhsennuef with a falcon and a jackal respectively. 25th Dynasty, c. 700 BCE. From Egypt, precise provenance...

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Canopic Jar, 22nd Dynasty, about 945-715 BCE. Provenance unknown. The British Museum, (photo taken at The Powerhouse Museum, Sydney Australia)