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Canopic jar, urn, vase [kəˈnəʊpɪk] n
(Social Science / Archaeology) (in ancient Egypt) one of four containers with tops in the form of animal heads of the gods, for holding the entrails of a mummy ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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5 -- color) Canopic jar and lid, Thebes, Valley of the Kings, 1353-1336 B. Teams make student-sized mummies (with canopic jars for corpses' organs) and sarcophagi from plaster or paper; decorate sarcophagi with carefully chosen hieroglyphics. |
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