and left aromatic plants and spices inside, including bags of natron. The body was then allowed to dehydrate over 40 days. The dried organs were sealed in canopic jars (or sometimes put back into ...

After her death, Senetnay’s vital organs were embalmed and placed inside four canopic jars with lids in the shape of human heads. The Egyptians carefully removed organs such as the lungs ...

Several canopic jars, used for holding the organs of the deceased, found in a 2,500-year-old tomb. Photo from Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities Archaeologists excavating ruins in Dahwa ...

Sometimes they would then put rags or linen inside the body cavity to pad it out so it didn't collapse in on itself. Now those organs were removed. They were placed in things called canopic jars ...

Some artifacts found inside a 2,500-year-old tomb near ... archaeologists said. Several canopic jars, used for holding the organs of the deceased, found in a 2,500-year-old tomb.

Inside the chamber ... They removed her remains from the coffins and destroyed the canopic jars that held her internal organs, Archaeology Mag reports. However, they left behind valuable artifacts ...

A set of empty canopic jars — vessels that normally contained the organs of the deceased ... designed the site to imitate the burial shaft inside the Step Pyramid of Djoser, which was ...