The riddle
There are four of us, and our lids are often shaped like heads. We hold the lungs, liver, stomach and intestines of a mummy. What are we?
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We were placed in the tomb near the coffin.
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Canopic jarsCanopic jars held the organs removed during mummification. There were four, and their lids often showed the heads of the four sons of the god Horus.
