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Treasury of Tutankhamun. Canopic jar shrine

In Tutankhamun's tomb, the vessels intended to contain the ruler's internal organs were kept in a gilded wooden shrine of monumental appearance, protected by a canopy; on the pillars that fasten the canopy to the sled that serves as a base is engraved the entire royal title of Tutankhamun. The roof of the canopy is decorated with a conspicuous frieze repeating the motif of the uraeus with the sun disc. On the sides are gilded wooden statues of the four tutelary goddesses, with their arms outstretched in the act of holding the viscera of the deceased: Isis, Nephthys, Selkit and Neith

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