Definitions
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- adj. Of, pertaining to, or originating from the ancient city of Canopus in northern Egypt.
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Examples
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Her folks were in canopic jars in Kissimmee, deadheading for a few centuries.
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Such containers, called canopic jars, were used in the mummification process to preserve the body's organs.
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Visceral organs were removed and placed in ceremonial containers called canopic jars for use in the afterlife (the brain was discarded).
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Some of the sculptured heads, however, which have come down to us, and notably the four "canopic" heads found in this tomb, are of wonderful beauty, and have no trace of traditional mannerisms, though they are highly idealised.
The Treasury of Ancient Egypt Miscellaneous Chapters on Ancient Egyptian History and Archaeology
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"canopic" jars, the alabaster vases, the gold vulture, the gold necklace, the sheets of gold in which the body was wrapped, the toilet utensils, and parts of the shrine, all of which we found in the burial-chamber.
The Treasury of Ancient Egypt Miscellaneous Chapters on Ancient Egyptian History and Archaeology
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It could have made her vulnerable and ascetic, but she kept smoothing her incredibly long hands over her incredibly tiny abdomen (I swear she's got a canopic jar in her dressing room), and it was just distracting.
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The pictures he shows me resemble the canopic jars from ancient Egypt that held the sacred organs of the deceased.
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I stop to look at canopic jars carved from stone, where ritual priests placed the organs before they embalmed the body.
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How long would it take on donkeyback to (about an hour), and can you see that from there (no), and was that how we spelled it in 1922 (some did), and what happens to the canopic organs in the afterlife (they are replanted in the resurrected body, Mr. Phillips)?
Secrets of the Crypt - Arthur Phillips talks about how he came to write The Egyptologist
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They were sent well prepared into the next life with canopic jars for all the important organs, gold and jewels and food.
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