Limestone human-headed canopic jar

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.

Wellcome Images Keywords: Ceremony; Burial; Mummies; Container; Funerary rites; Funerary; Ritual; Mummy; Egypt