Image: Egyptian Canopic Jars (picture 1)
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Description: Canopic jars were used by ancient Egyptians to store and preserve the viscera of a corpse during the mummification process. Commonly made from carved limestone or pottery they were used from the Old Kingdom until the Late Ptolemaic Period.
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