Alabaster canopic chest of Tutankhamun. Egyptian Museum, Cairo. Against the east wall of the treasury was a tall gilded shrine containing the canopic chest, in which Tutankhamun's internal organs were placed after mummification. Canopic jars protected Tutankhamun's internal organs. The jars were made to contain the organs that were removed from the body in the process of mummification: the lungs, liver, intestines, and stomach. Each organ was protected by one of the Four Sons of Horus: Hapy (lungs), Imsety (liver), Duamutef (stomach), and Qebehsenuef (intestines).

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Size: 5216px × 3482px
Location: Egypt, Cairo, Egyptian Museum
Photo credit: © digitaleye / JDS / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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