Canopic Jar Research Paper

Canopic Jars are from the ancient Egyptians who had a strong religious belief that when a person died they would return to an ‘afterlife’ that was almost the same as the life they had when they were alive.Canopic Jars were created to contain people's organs that were taken out of them.Then,they were put into special chest that was placed in the tomb of the person that had died.If there wasn’t a chest to put the jars into,they kept all four jars together and put them close to the mummy. On the top of the Canopic Jars were decorated by a lid or stopper.Each lid represents a head of a ‘Horus’.

THE FOUR JARS:

Stomache
Liver
Lungs
Intestines

The four things who carried and protected the jars. Imsety who had the human head and carried and protected the liver.Qebehsenuef who had a falcon’s head and protected and carried the intestines.Hapy who had a head of a baboon and carried and protected the lungs. Duamutef who had the head of a jackal and protected and carried the stomach.
The Egyptians thought the mummified body needed a heart so it would pass the test. The original Canopic Jars were hollow and the internal organs were wrapped in linen along with their holy oils and placed inside the jars.This process was thought to preserve the internal organs for all