“We took samples of these canopic jars and then analysed the mummification balm. And based on that, based on the molecular composition of that, we could identify the ancient smell of eternity or ...

The two jars that once contained Senetnary’s lungs and liver have been part of the Egyptian collection at the Museum August Kestner in Hannover, Germany, since 1935.

Archaeologists unearthed tools used by ancient Egyptians to dissect bodies to remove internal organs alongside the canopic jars used to preserve internal organs, Waziri said. Archaeologists also ...

After the embalming process, the jars were placed inside a royal tomb in the Valley of the Kings, where Egyptologist Howard Carter found them in 1900. Senetnay’s body was not recovered.

Clockwise from top left: Excavation of burial shaft, Abusir, Egypt; canopic jars of Wahibre-mery-Neith; cache of embalming vessels, Abusir, Egypt; canopic jars of Wahibre-mery-Neith On the western ...

Some of the vessels contained residues of various materials used during the mummification process, as well as tools. The archaeologists also found canopic jars, which were used by Egyptians to ...

A new project is seeking to provide a unique window into the past by recreating the scent of the balm that was used in the mummification of a high-status Egyptian woman more than 3,500 years ago.

The jars have writing on them that says they belong to a man named "Wahibre-mery-Neith," who is the son of "Lady Irturu." It's not clear who this man was or why his canopic jars were placed, empty ...

“What we found were empty canopic jars, which had not yet been used,” Jiří Janák, a researcher from the Czech Institute of Egyptology, told Radio Prague International.

The second mummy was inside the “Family Tomb,” along with an “Egyptian board game, the remains of a family dog and four intact canopic jars used to store a mummy’s organs,” the network said.

After her death, Senetnay’s vital organs were embalmed and placed inside four canopic jars with lids in the shape of human heads. The Egyptians carefully removed organs such as the lungs, liver, ...

Limestone lids were designed to look like human heads for the canopic jars containing mummified organs of the noblewoman Senetnay, who died more than 3,500 years ago.