Egyptian Canopic Jar Antique Gold - Imsety - Made in Egypt

This Egyptian canopic jar features the human-headed Imsety. This jar has a removable lid. This statue is 5 inches tall and made of polymer. It has a hieroglyphic detail on the front. The jar is 2.5 inches wide. Made in Egypt! This collectible will ship in a box with hieroglyphic designs--perfect for gifting! Canopic Jars were used by the ancient Egyptians during the rituals of the mummification process. These were used as containers in which to hold the internal organs of the deceased who was going to be mummified. The jars had lids or stoppers that were shaped as the head of one of the minor funerary deities known as the Four Sons of Horus. It was the job of these four deities to protect the internal organs of the deceased; the Ancient Egyptians firmly believed that the deceased required his or her organs in order to be reborn in the Afterlife.    The best-known versions of these jars have lids in the shape of the heads of protective deities called the four Sons of Horus. The human-he