they are jars that hold the organs when someone has been mummified
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it was used for the brain and the lungs and the liver ..
They were called Canopic Jars~The god Duamutef guarded the stomachThe god Imsety guarded the liverThe god Hapi guarded the lungsThe god Qebehsenuef guarded the intestinesThe heart wasn't put in a Canopic Jar as it was to be weighed in order to go into the afterlife.
I think it was about 1400BC they started making it, but I'm not quite sure.
Imset was one of the canopic jars. He protected the liver.
Jars are hermetically sealed to keep all air out of a container to stop a substance from expiring or going bad. They are often hermetically sealed using heat, once all oxygen is drained out of the jar heat is often applied to make sure that there is no air leaks. Some jars will even contain an oxygen neutralizer or a freshness packet that gets rid of all air that got in after being sealed.