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  2. List of finds in Egyptian pyramids - Wikipedia

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    Chambers for queens (or daughters): 6 mummies found total Unused canopic chest for the king Undecorated (Substructure was collapsing, pyramid not used for the king) [39] Burial chamber of Aat: Sarcophagus Mummy of Aat Canopic chest, 1 canopic jar Undecorated 2 mace heads, 7 duck-shaped alabaster cases, alabaster unguent jar, pieces of jewelry [39]

  3. Canopic jar - Wikipedia

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    Canopic Chest of Khonsu, 19th Dynasty, New Kingdom. Canopic jars are v-shaped vessels that are hollowed out in the middle and topped with either plain or iconographic stoppers. They ranged in heights from about 14 to 50 cm (5.5 to 20 in), including the lid, and in diameters of anywhere from 6 to 20 cm (2.4 to 7.9 in).

  4. Four sons of Horus - Wikipedia

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    During the late New Kingdom, jars that contained shabtis, a common type of funerary figurine, were given lids shaped like the heads of the sons of Horus, similar to the lids of canopic jars. [30] In the Twentieth Dynasty of the New Kingdom (1189–1077 BC), embalmers began placing wax figurines of the sons of Horus inside the body cavity. [31]

  5. Canopic chest - Wikipedia

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    The canopic chest personified as seen in the Papyrus of Ani. Canopic chests had an important place in Egyptian culture. Canopic chests contained the internal organs of mummies, so they relate to the Egyptian belief that the afterlife is just as important as life on earth. Egyptians believed that everything had to be perfectly preserved to ...

  6. Serapeum of Saqqara - Wikipedia

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    The Serapeum of Saqqara was the ancient Egyptian burial place for sacred bulls of the Apis cult at Memphis.It was believed that the bulls were incarnations of the god Ptah, which would become immortal after death as Osiris-Apis, a name which evolved to Serapis (Σέραπις) in the Hellenistic period, and Userhapi (ⲟⲩⲥⲉⲣϩⲁⲡⲓ) in Coptic.

  7. New World - Wikipedia

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    Historia antipodum oder newe Welt, or History of the New World, by Matthäus Merian the Elder, published in 1631. The Florentine explorer Amerigo Vespucci is usually credited for coming up with the term "New World" (Mundus Novus) for the Americas in his 1503 letter, giving it its popular cachet, although similar terms had been used and applied before him.

  8. Anubis Shrine - Wikipedia

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    The Anubis Shrine was found behind the unwalled entrance which led from the burial Chamber to the Treasury. The shrine, with a figure of the god Anubis on top, was facing towards the west. Behind it was the large canopic shrine containing the king's canopic chest and jars. During the work in the burial chamber, the entrance to the Treasury ...

  9. Hetepheres I - Wikipedia

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    The items found in the tomb are on display at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, with replicas of the main funerary furnishings in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts. [10] The funeral furniture of Hetepheres from G 7000X included the following: [11] Bed canopy — (inscribed), gold covered, presented by Snefru, Cairo Museum Ent. 57711 ...