Essays Tagged: "canopic jars"

Being Mummified (written in first person)

en to the wabet to be embalmed. My liver, lungs, stomach, and intestines were removed and placed in canopic jars. My brain was taken out with a hook through my nose. I was soaked in natron salt for fo ...

(1 pages) 69 5 4.6 Jun/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > Middle Eastern History

Assess Tutankhamun's tomb for what it reveals about New Kingdom Egyptian Society.

Tutankhamun gives us a strong indication of the burial practises of the New Kingdom Egyptians. The Canopic Shrine situated on the east wall of the Treasury holds Tutankhamun's embalmed internal organ ... the east wall of the Treasury holds Tutankhamun's embalmed internal organs. A gold chest held four Canopic jars containing the dead pharaoh's internal organs - lungs, stomach, intestines and liver - ...

(5 pages) 61 0 2.0 Jun/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > Middle Eastern History > Ancient Egypt

Egyptian Burial Practices

s except the heart. The organs that were removed were then placed in jars. These jars were known as canopic jars and would later be entombed with the body. The heart was left because Egyptians thought ... ession would begin. Many Egyptians participated in funerals. Some carried gifts, food, and even the canopic jars to be buried with the dead. The journey of the procession would lead all of the followe ...

(3 pages) 28 0 5.0 Jan/2009

Subjects: History Term Papers > Middle Eastern History > Ancient Egypt

Adventures in Ancient Egypt

esent than to find its seeds in yesterday? The clues are temples, implements, weapons, reliquaries, canopic jars, and sarcophagi. These items focus the business of life and death, and particularly the ... focuses one culture through another.This strategy works particularly well in “Ancient Egyptian Canopic Jars,” where his central character, on break from addictive hours at the fitness center ...

(8 pages) 10 0 0.0 Aug/2009

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Poems & Short Stories