Today we researched the purpose of Canopic Jars within the Ancient Egyptian culture. Comment below the answers to the questions in full sentences, showcasing your knowledge.

What are used for?

What are they made of?

What organs did they hold?

What do the animal heads signify?

82 responses to “Design and Technology- Canopic Jars”

  1. Jari V.

    What are used for? Canopic Jars are used to store organs of the body, except for the heart, which is mummification.
    What are they made of? Canopic Jars are made of mud, clay and sometimes wood and stone.
    What organs did they hold? Canopic Jars are from holding the lungs, liver, intestine and the stomach.
    What do the animal heads signify? The animal heads signify four deities, which are are Gods and the four sons of Horus.

  2. Shumiyah H.

    mud stomach,liver,intestines+lungs baboon-lungs flacon-intest
    stone
    bronze
    clay

  3. Max P.

    They are used four different body parts.
    They are made from mud,clay,bronze and stone
    They thing they hold is 🫁 liver stomach instines
    Baboon human jackal falcon

  4. Sidra M.

    2.mud
    3.stomach liver,intones t lungs.
    stone4.babo
    bronze
    Baboon- lungs
    Falcon-intestine
    Jackal- stomach
    Human head. Liver.

  5. Muhammad K.

    They are used for organs
    They are made of bronze , mud , stone and clay
    Lungs,intestines , stomach and liver
    Baboon – lungs
    Falcon – intestines
    Human head – Liver
    Jackal – Stomach

  6. They are for one some is dead
    💀
    They are made out of clay or mud
    They hold lung stomach intestines and liver
    Human head=liver
    Jackal= stomach
    Baboo=lungs
    Falcon=intestines

  7. Vanessa N.

    The jars are to plesarve the orgons (mummificaton)
    The jars are made from clay ‘ wood stone bronze
    They held lLngs ‘ intstines’ live and the stomach
    The canopic jar lids were us y’all’s carved with heads that identity fair protectors : the badoor head is
    Hapy the human head is Imsedty the jackal head is uamutej and the falcon heads is Qebehseneue

  8. Gift O.

    They are used for organs.
    They are made out of mud,stone,bronze and clay.
    They hold stomach,liver,intestines and lungs.
    They signify baboon-lungs,falcon intestines,jackal-stomach and human head-liver.

  9. Safa A.

    What are used for they are use for to put the organs.
    What are they made of they are made of clay/wood and Mattel .
    What organs did they hold they hold heart and brain
    What do the animal head signify a dog.

  10. Haroon E.

    The Jars are used for to put your organs in it
    They are made of clay and wood and stone
    They hold organs like lungs and stomach and intestines and liver
    The canopic jar lids were usually coved with roads that identify four protectors: the baboon

  11. Hamza M.

    1.They are used for putting organs inside for other peoples after life .
    2.They are made out of lime stone .
    3.The organs that they held were the lungs ,intestines,stomach,liver .
    4.The baboon holds the lungs the falcon holds the intestines the jackal holds the stomach and the human head holds the liver

  12. Sardar O.

    The jars are used to preserve the organs stoach liver
    They are made of clay
    They held lugs stoach

  13. Alya M.

    1.It is meant for putting organs
    2. It is made out of rock, clay and wood
    3. They held lungs, intestines ,liver and the stomach.

  14. Alisha S.

    1.they are used for organs after somebody is mummified
    2.they are made of clay , mud ,stone and bronze
    3.they hold the stomach , liver , lungs and intestines
    4.baboon – lungs falcon – intestines jackal- stomach human head – liver

  15. Awais J.

    The Jackle portects the stomach, the Falcon portects the intestine, the Baboon portects the lungs and the human head portects the liver

  16. Ranj M.

    1) They are used for putting your organs when you become a mummy .
    2) they are made of wood clay or bronze
    3)they held lungs ,liver and the stomach.
    4) the heads signify the gods that protect different organs.

    GD
    Its creative and quite interesting because I’ve never seen a doom with animals on their head I see humans but not animals and It’s kind of cool to see a animal on a doom I really like it actually I want to do that maybe when I’m dead.

  17. Sandra A.

    1. They are used for organs
    2. They are made from clay,bronze,stone,mud
    3. They hole the stomach,liver,lungs and intestines
    4. The 4 head are baboon ,falcon ,jackal ,human head

  18. Ameena I.

    The jars are use to presuve organs.
    They are made of clay ,wood🪵 and metal.
    They hold lungs ,intestines. liver and stomach.
    The heads signify diffrent organs

  19. Mustafa Z.

    The jars are used for putting peoples brain and lungs
    Metal and wood 🪵
    Liver, stomach and lungs
    The heads represent different body parts

  20. Aiza B.

    It Is Used for taking out your liver and lungs and kidneys
    They are made out of limestone
    The organs that are in the conopic jars are kidney, liver, instencece ,lungs

    1. Miss Holland

      Not quite Aiza, this information is inaccurate. Which organs were removed and placed in the Canopic jars?

  21. Rahim A.

    There used for protect the organs there made of clay wood and stone or bronze The organs they hold is liver lungs the stomach The human head a gable a baboon a falcon head the jackal head Egyptians made these jars because to protect the organs also it’s in the human body these organs GD CHALLENGE I think each jar mean something important.

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