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canopic jar
noun
ca·no·pic jar
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: a jar in which the ancient Egyptians preserved the viscera of a deceased person usually for burial with the mummy
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These finds include canopic jars and over 400 ushabti figures, revealing more about the temple’s functions and daily life.
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Stories By Real-Time News Team, With Ai Summarization,
Miami Herald,
11 Apr. 2025
Huber, meanwhile, peered a thousand years deeper into the history of Egyptian mummification by scraping residues found in two 3,500-year-old canopic jars.
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Sarah Everts,
Smithsonian Magazine,
13 Feb. 2025
Any internal organs removed during the process were typically placed in canopic jars, each featuring an iconographic lid with one of the four sons of the Egyptian god Horus to protect each organ.
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Ashley Strickland,
CNN,
9 Nov. 2024
While most prior similar studies focused on samples gleaned from the bandages and tissues of actual mummies, this latest study focuses on the balms used to embalm accompanying organs stored in canopic jars.
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Jennifer Ouellette,
Ars Technica,
6 Sep. 2023
This limestone canopic jar contained the organs of Egyptian noblewoman Senetnay preserved in balm.
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Popular Science,
31 Aug. 2023
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Stories By Real-Time News Team, With Ai Summarization,
Miami Herald,
11 Apr. 2025
Huber, meanwhile, peered a thousand years deeper into the history of Egyptian mummification by scraping residues found in two 3,500-year-old canopic jars.
—
Sarah Everts,
Smithsonian Magazine,
13 Feb. 2025
Any internal organs removed during the process were typically placed in canopic jars, each featuring an iconographic lid with one of the four sons of the Egyptian god Horus to protect each organ.
—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN,
9 Nov. 2024
While most prior similar studies focused on samples gleaned from the bandages and tissues of actual mummies, this latest study focuses on the balms used to embalm accompanying organs stored in canopic jars.
—
Jennifer Ouellette,
Ars Technica,
6 Sep. 2023
This limestone canopic jar contained the organs of Egyptian noblewoman Senetnay preserved in balm.
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Popular Science,
31 Aug. 2023
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“Canopic jar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/canopic%20jar. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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