A Step by Step guide to Egyptian Mummification
Guardians of the Internal Organs
The mummyís internal organs were dried out and stored in canopic jars. These jars were placed in a canopic chest in the burial chamber of the mummy.
There were four canopic jars and each had a different stopper or lid depicting:
- Imsety, a personís head guarded the liver
- Qebhesneuf, a falcon watched over the intestines
- Hapy, a baboon protected the lungs
- Duamutef, a jackal looked after the stomach
These were the four sons of Horus. Horus was the ancient Egyptian God of the sky and the protecter of the Pharaoh. He was usually depicted as a falcon or a man with a falcon's head.