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Description: | Lid of canopic jar depicting Hapy. Wood. Canopic jars were used to contain the viscera removed during mummification. Each of the Four Sons of Horus was responsible for protecting a different organ. From the 18th Dynasty canopic jars took the form of the god related to the organs contained therein. Hapy looked after the lungs. 12cm high. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Rights holder: | University of Swansea, Egypt Centre | Subjects: | [none] | Source: | Egypt Centre | Identifier: | http://www.egyptcentre.org.uk/index.asp?... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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