Canopic Jar Representing the Deity Qebehsenuef
Canopic Jar Representing the Deity Qebehsenuef Photo: Metropolitan Museum of Art – During mummification, the internal organs (excluding the heart, which was generally left in place) were taken out of the body and placed in special containers known in Egyptology as canopic jars. Traditionally, the four canopic jars were connected to four mythological figures known […]
Wall scene from tomb of King Ramesses III
Wall scene from tomb of King Ramesses III (KV11) Photo: Matjaz Kacicnik, Theban Mapping Project – The fragmentary wall decoration of this chamber depicts butchery and cooking activities connected to the funeral or mortuary cult of the tomb’s royal owner. On the right wall a man is seen butchering a bound ox, while the back […]
Hieroglyph from the obelisk of Thutmose III
Hieroglyph from the obelisk of Thutmose III at the Constantinople Hippodrome Wikimedia Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) – The hieroglyphic sign F46 depicts coiled intestines, abstracted to the point of forming a regular, oblong spiralling shape. As with other internal organs used in Egyptian iconography, the intestines depicted are almost certainly those of an animal, […]