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Afterlife in Alabaster: A Canopic Jar from Charles Ede

Afterlife in Alabaster: A Canopic Jar from Charles Ede

Curious Objects

February 28, 202045m 36s

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Show Notes

Join us on a journey to ancient Egypt as we explore the quirky material history and dead-serious religious significance of a very curious object: a 2,500-year-old Imsety-headed canopic jar—i.e., a vessel made to hold a mummy’s liver. Charis Tyndall of UK antiquities dealer Charles Ede guest stars.

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