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  • An opened canopy jar from the 12th Dynasty. The jackal-headed lid indicates that the jar was used to store the intestine. (Inv. N° CG 4400, Middle Kingdom, found in Sakkara). (Picture: Patrick Eppenberger)
    An opened canopy jar from the 12th Dynasty. The jackal-headed lid indicates that the jar was used to store the intestine. (Inv. N° CG 4400, Middle Kingdom, found in Sakkara). (Picture: Patrick Eppenberger)
  • Lid from a set of four canopic jars from the 22nd Dynasty (Inv. N° JE 46774, Third Intermediate Period, likely found in Thebes). (Picture: Frank Rühli)
    Lid from a set of four canopic jars from the 22nd Dynasty (Inv. N° JE 46774, Third Intermediate Period, likely found in Thebes). (Picture: Frank Rühli)
  • Ready for research: Various canopic jars in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. (Picture: Michael Habicht)
    Ready for research: Various canopic jars in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. (Picture: Michael Habicht)
  • A canopic jar from the 22nd Dynasty being scanned by a portable computer tomography device belonging to the Institute of Evolutionary Medicine (Inv. N° JE 46774, Third Intermediate Period, likely found in Thebes). (Picture: Frank Rühli)
    A canopic jar from the 22nd Dynasty being scanned by a portable computer tomography device belonging to the Institute of Evolutionary Medicine (Inv. N° JE 46774, Third Intermediate Period, likely found in Thebes). (Picture: Frank Rühli)