On Monday, an Ihnasia Antiquities Committee revealed that the four pieces found were pharaonic canopic vessels (relating to the ancient Egyptian city of Canopus, near Alexandria), and their coverings were statue faces of the sons. of the god Horus in the ancient Egyptian religion, namely Misti, Hapi, Duamotf, and the ugliness of Sinuf.
According to the committee, the four pots are made of alabaster, a stone used by the ancient Egyptians, and the faces are made of limestone.
The area of ​​Ihnasia Archaeological Zone is 390 acres and contains the remains of the temple of King Ramses II and two quartz statues of him.The city was the capital of Egypt during the 9th and 10th Dynasties during about two centuries, from 2242 to 2452 BC.
A professor of ancient Egyptian antiquities at the Ministry of Antiquities, Moamen Saad, told Sky News Arabia:
• These utensils were used to preserve the entrails of the deceased during the mummification process in ancient Egypt.
• Utensils with the same faces of the sons of the god Horus are found in every pharaonic tomb that has been discovered, and they are next to the mummy of the owner of the tomb.
• Therefore, this discovery is linked to the existence of a cemetery in the area, or it was moved from another place when the trade in antiquities was popular and not prohibited in the 18th century.
• The discovery of these canopic jars associated with burials and the presence of a mummy and a cemetery is common in Egypt in general and not only in Ihnasia, and there are still many secrets about the ancient Egyptian civilization to be discovered.
Naming the utensils for preserving the entrails of the dead among the ancient Egyptians after the sons of the god Horus, a ritual linked to the struggle between good and evil, and the belief that his sons will work to protect the body of the deceased after he is in the other world.
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