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Canopic jars from the Old Kingdom were found empty and damaged, even in undisturbed tombs, suggesting that they were part of the burial ritual rather than being used to hold the organs. [11] The Third Intermediate Period and beyond adopted a similar practice, placing much smaller dummy jars in the tombs without including the organs.
Canopic chest – the common chest contained the four Canopic jars Cartonnage – papyrus or linen soaked in plaster, shaped around a body and used for mummy masks and coffins Cenotaph – an empty tomb or a monument erected in honor of a person or group of people whose remains are elsewhere
In the Third Intermediate Period, the mummified organs were generally returned to the body, but wealthy burials could still include a dummy set of jars. The last known royal set of canopic jars were made of Apries. The manufacture of canopic equipment continued into the Ptolemaic Period but ceased by Roman times. [121]
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]
The two boxes are very similar, having sloping roofs and gilded plaster decoration on black backgrounds. The lids of both boxes had been moved but the alabaster canopic jars and embalmed viscera, which in the case of Thuya were shaped like mummies and wearing gilt masks, were undisturbed. Under the beds and in the corner by the door were ...
Canopic jar of Senebtisi, found at Harageh. Harageh (also el-Harageh or Haraga) is a modern village in Egypt at the entrance to the river oasis of the Fayum, close to El-Lahun. In archaeology Harageh is mainly known for a series of cemeteries dating to several periods of Egyptian history. Reginald Engelbach excavated these cemeteries in 1913.
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Canopic jars of a Princess Tentamun were also found, indicating that she was once interred in her father's tomb. No trace of blocking or sealing was found at the entrances of these chambers so they were likely closed with wooden doors, long since looted, as evidenced by sockets, and a wooden lintel on Chamber Ja.