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they are jars that hold the organs when someone has been mummified

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How do you spell conopic jars?

canopic jars (:


What did conopic jars hold?

brains, lungs, i forgot the other one


What was in conopic jars?

The canopic jars were used to store the liver, stomach ,intestine and brain in. (used in Egyptian times.)


Why were canopic jars used in ancient Egypt?

conopic jars were used to hold the liver, lungs, intestines, and stomach. each one had a special jar with the topper being one of the four sons of horus. they were soaked and oil and then wrapped in linen, placed inb the jar, ritually closed then kept in a conopic chest right next to the dead.


Why did conopic jars have a different top?

Every jar represents it's own protector. One god for the lungs, another for the stomach, another for the intestine and another for...[i don't remember the last one]


What do you put in the after life jars?

Canopic Jars were part of an Egyptian Mummification Ceremony in which the internal organs were removed from the body and placed in conopic jars. The Jackal- heaed god guarded the stomach, The god Imsety guarded the liver, The Babbon- Headed god Hapi guarded the lungs andthe falcon headed god Qebehsenuef guarded the intestines. The heart was left in the body so that it could be weighed in the afterlife.


Which organ goes in which conopic jar?

it was used for the brain and the lungs and the liver ..


What was the name of the god that guarded the livers conopic jar?

Imsety was the name of the god that guarded the liver conopic jar in ancient Egyptian religion. He was one of the four sons of Horus, who protected the organs of the deceased during the mummification process.


What is the plural of jar?

Jars


What jars held the embalmed organs in Egypt?

Canopic Jars


What was carried in jars of clay?

Jars made from clay


Who discovered jars had bases?

The potters that made the first jars.