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.
canopic jars (:
brains, lungs, i forgot the other one
The canopic jars were used to store the liver, stomach ,intestine and brain in. (used in Egyptian times.)
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.
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]
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.
it was used for the brain and the lungs and the liver ..
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.
Jars
Canopic Jars
Jars made from clay
The potters that made the first jars.