What is Canopic jar?
[[File:Krukkerberlin.jpg|thumb|280px|19th Dynasty canopic jars]] '''Canopic jars''' were [[Storage medium|used to store]] the internal [[Organ (anatomy)|organs]] of a [[mummy]] in [[Ancient Egypt]]. The lid had the head of a [[baboon]], [[human]], [[falcon]] or a [[jackal]]&mdash;representing the sons of [[Horus]]. These jars were used to store organs which were removed from a dead person, these were the stomach, the intestine, the liver and the lungs, because they were thought to be use less in the [[afterlife]].They only did the mummification process to important people. The jars were placed in the tombs with the bodies. Names: imesty the (human), [[Duamutef]] (Jackal), [[Hapi]] (Baboon), [[Qebehsenuf]] (Falcon) . {{history-stub}} [[Category:Death customs]] [[Category:Ancient Egypt]] [[Category:Containers]]