Tutankhamun: Life, Legacy and Discovery
Dan Snow's History Hit
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Theisis - The Top of a Canopic Jar
Peta is a creator god in ancient egypt. He is the lord of all sculptors and carpenters, you know. So he is the chief artist in egypt. When they opened the golden shrine there inside was one of the most magical alapaster canopic jars with four heads like this, facing facing each other. Each one contained, apart from the inside, the mummy of tutanam. This one was for the liver of the king and had wonderful inscriptions inside from the book of the dead to make sure that it will be well protected.
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