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	Egypt: Canopic Chests and Jars
		However, the first indication of a king's canopic equipment was discovered in the paving blocks to the southeast of the sarcophagus of Khafre, at the second pyramid of Giza.
		The earliest examples of canopic jars come from the 4th dynasty tomb of Queen Meresankh III at Giza, from the reign of Menkaure.
		However, by the 22nd Dynasty, the jars were superseded by solid dummy jars, and in at least one example, that of Sheshonq II, the dummy jars held dummy packets of viscera, a true apex of form over function.
	www.touregypt.net /featurestories/canopic.htm (1947 words)

	ArtLex's C-Cap page
		Egypt, Canopic Jars, from a burial during the reign of Amenophis III (1391 - 1357 BCE), limestone, 89 x 35 cm, Louvre.
		Canopic Jar with a Lid in the Shape of a Royal Woman's Head, c.
		The jar was found in Thebes in a tomb in the Valley of the Kings that has aroused a great controversy concerning the events surrounding Akhenaten's death and succession.
	www.artlex.com /ArtLex/C.html (3060 words)

	Canopic Jars
		Canopic Jars were used by the ancient Egyptian during the rituals of mummification processes.
		The jars had lids or stoppers that were shaped as the head of one of the minor funerary deities known as the Four Sons of HORUS.
		Although Tutankhamen's canopic jar stoppers were all in the shape of a human head the hieroglyphs on the jars still referred to the four Sons of Horus.
	www.kingtutshop.com /freeinfo/Canopic-Jars.htm (1132 words)

	Eternal Egypt - Type: Canopic Jar
		This canopic jar, which was used to store embalmed internal organs, has a lid shaped like the head of a man. The man is portrayed wearing a long wig that falls to his shoulders and a long divine beard.
		The Canopic jars are the four funerary jars, in which the internal organs of the deceased are preserved.
		Canopic jars were used to preserve the internal organs of the mummy.
	www.eternalegypt.org /EternalEgyptWebsiteWeb/HomeServlet?ee_website_action_key=action.perform.ent_type.search&language_id=1&trait_item_id=5568&search_subtypes=yes (563 words)

	Canopic Jar Lid [Egyptian; From KV55, Valley of the Kings, western Thebes] (30.8.54) \| Object Page \| Timeline of Art ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Canopic jars were used to store the four internal organs that were removed during mummification.
		Although intended for a funerary context, the face on this canopic jar lid was carved by a master with the skill and care one might expect in a more public portrait.
		Both the lid and its jar were altered in antiquity, making it extremely difficult to identify the original owner, but the striking face must represent one of the royal women of Amarna.
	www.metmuseum.org /toah/ho/03/afe/hod_30.8.54.htm (377 words)

	Canopic Poetry
		The Canopic Bookstore features books from Canopic Publishing as well as selected items from other independent publishers and colleagues of Canopic Jar.
		Canopic Publishing is a small independent press seeking to publish books of superior writing.
		Canopic Jar N°15 was edited and designed by Phil Rice and Rethabile Masilo for Canopic Publishing.
	canopicjar.com /Canopic15/poetry/poetry.html (232 words)

	CANOPIC JARS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Canopic jars were used during the mummification process.
		They were put in canopic jars because the organs were the first things to decompose and the priests wanted to preserve them.
		To the Egyptians canopic jars were not just things that held people's organs in them.
	www.portnet.k12.ny.us /egyptmuseum/Canop.htm (316 words)

	Canopic Jar of Imseti
		Canopic Jars were in use from the Old Kingdom onwards in Egypt to store various internal organs during the process of mummification.
		Qebehsenuef, the falcon headed jar represting the west, contained the intestines and was protected by the goddess Selket.
		Hapi, the baboon-headed jar represting the north, contained the lungs and was protected by the goddess Nephthys.
	jtaltman.com /canopicjar4.html (157 words)

	Canopic jars
		The four canopic jars contained the entrails of the human body, removed in the process of mummification to prevent the body from decomposing during the weeks between death and burial.
		Dummy canopic jars: these are canopic jars that were not hollowed out, so never used for the entrails.
		Raisman/Martin 1984 (catalogue of the canopic jars in the Petrie Museum)
	www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk /burialcustoms/canopic.html (147 words)

	Canopic Jars (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Canopic Jars were used for the storing of the mummy's inner organs.
		The jars were about 8 to 10 inches tall and would be made of clay.
		The jars would be placed into a large divider box and be buried with the mummy.
	members.tripod.com /randomfactss/canopic_jars.htm (226 words)

	Ancient Egyptian Statue - Canopic Jar of Hapi
		600 B.C. The Egyptian Canopic Jars were in use from the Old Kingdom onwards in Egypt to store various internal organs removed during the process of mummification.
		Each Canopic jar had a characteristic head associated with the demi-god charged with the safekeeping of a particular human organ.
		Qebehsenuef, the falcon-headed jar representing the west, contained the intestines and was protected by the goddess Selket.
	the-home-furnishing-store.com /e49.html (167 words)

	ANCIENT EGYPTIAN CANOPIC JAR AND LIDS!
		Canopic jars were used for storing the viscera of the deceased.
		Canopic jars usually contained the lids of the four sons of Horus.(see lids available below).
		Canopic jars were used to house the viscera, and usually depicted the four sons of Horus.
	www.angelfire.com /ky/mikenmeagan/canopic.html (278 words)

	Canopic Jars Homework for kids
		During the mummification process the organs of the human body were removed and preserved separately in canopic jars.
		The Canopic Jars were decorated with the heads of the four sons of Horus.
		The four canopic jars were put into a special chest which went into the tomb with the mummy.
	www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk /homework/egypt/canopic.htm (247 words)

	Canopic Jar (Hapi) - Egyptian Canopic Jars
		Hapi was one of the Four sons of Horus depicted in funerary literature as protecting the throne of Osiris in the Underworld.
		Hapi is depicted as a baboon-headed mummified human on funerary furniture and especially the canopic jars that held the organs of the deceased.
		This stunning canopic jar, with removable lid, is made from cold cast resin and is hand finished in bright enamels in authentic Egyptian colours.
	www.egyptiandreams.co.uk /product_info.php?products_id=1093&name=Canopic-Jar-(Hapi) (210 words)

	Chrysler Museum of Art : Collections - Canopic Jar: Juvan Muntjac
		William Morris' Canopic Jar sculptures were inspired by the ancient Egyptian mortuary practice of embalming in a set of jars the human organs that could not be preserved as part of a mummy.
		The ancient jars were small (usually less than ten inches high) and the heads on their lids represented the Egyptian deity who was guardian of the particular organ that the jar contained.
		Most of his first canopic jars depicted animals native to North America, such as the coyote, panther and elk, but more recently he has looked to the exotic fauna of Africa, Asia and the East Indies.
	www.chrysler.org /aglass02.asp (177 words)

	Canopic Publishing
		Twenty-one years ago the first issue of Canopic Jar, a tiny and idealistic literary rag dedicated to presenting a forum for poetry and short prose, was typed up, photocopied, and freely distributed to whomever would take a copy.
		The Jar eventually found its way to the internet where it continues to flourish at www.canopicjar.com.
		In addition to the popular Canopic Jar, we have The Juke Jar, a site devoted to literature and art about music, and www.phillipsartstudio, the online studio for Alan Phillips, an artist who in our humble opinion is a decidedly brilliant painter and illustrator.
	www.canopicpublishing.com (236 words)

	Canopic Jar of Imseti (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Qebehsenuef, the falcon-headed jar representing the west, contained the intestines and was protected by the goddess Selket.
		Hapi, the baboon-headed jar representing the north, contained the lungs and was protected by the goddess Nephthys.
		Imseti, the human-headed jar representing the south, contained the liver and was protected by the goddess Isis.
	www.angelsandearthlythings.com /E-50.html (195 words)

	The Canopic Jar
		The Canopic Jar is an organic forum for multi-media expression with an emphasis on literary efforts.
		The online Canopic Jar is an extension of an ongoing aesthetic entity that periodically reinvents itself.
		In addition to the gallery, most of the graphics for Canopic Jar #10 (exceptions are noted in the photo credit section at the bottom of this page) are scans from Cesar Biojo's body of work.
	www.canopicjar.com /index10.html (716 words)

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