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Limestone jackal-headed canopic jar, used to house removed stomach, liver, lungs and intestines, each organ assigned to a different jar, from a mummified Egyptian body. This jar represents Duamutef, one of the four sons of Horus, and is the guardian of the stomach

Limestone human headed canopic jar

A funerary reliquary, Upper Ogowe, Gabon

Hired bannermen partaking in a funeral procession.

Limestone human-headed canopic jar, used to house removed stomach, liver, lungs and intestines, each organ assigned to a different jar, from a mummified Egyptian body. This jar represent Imsety, one of the four sons of Horus, and is the guardian for the liver.

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Profile view of a mummified male head

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A funerary reliquary, Upper Ogowe, Gabon

Hired bannermen partaking in a funeral procession.

Limestone human-headed canopic jar, used to house removed stomach, liver, lungs and intestines, each organ assigned to a different jar, from a mummified Egyptian body. This jar represent Imsety, one of the four sons of Horus, and is the guardian for the liver.

A funerary reliquary, Upper Ogowe, Gabon

Profile view of a mummified male head