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Why Were Canopic Jars Used For?

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    I don't know all the beliefs behind it but egyptians placed the organs they deemed important to the soul in these jars and they were buried with the mummy.  If i remember correctly the brain was useless and was pulled out the nasal passage, and the heart was thought to perform the functions that we now know the brain controls
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    Yoohozz  

    answered 3 months ago

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