Talk:Canopic jar
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[edit] Why "Canopic" jars?
Why are these vessels called "Canopic"? Canopus was a locality in the Nile River Delta, at one of the Nile branches. How did these vessels come to carry its name? logologist 07:13, 30 May 2005 (UTC)
- Interesting question (i.e., one I'd never stopped to think about). Shaw & Nicholson's "Dictionary of Anc. Egypt" says Osiris was worshipped at Canopus in the form of a human-headed jar, and that by extension/confusion, early Egyptologists used 'canopic' for any similar stoppered jar. –Hajor 12:40, 30 May 2005 (UTC)
[edit] I'm not sure what this is supposed to mean:
It's in the final paragraph of the article.
"The canopic jars hold for organs as the lungs a stuff the heart was not one of the organs."
I think this should either be deleted or cleaned up for clear understanding. --68.75.183.81 17:24, 26 November 2005 (UTC)
I read in an article that they were named by the early explorers who discovered them because of a misunderstanding. Perhaps you should read this. http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/canopic.htm
[edit] The pic of a "canopic jar"
There are lots, and lots of canopic jars on our planet, and a percentage are Not Egyptian. Any good pictures availabel?....--Michael,inHotYUMA,AzSonoran-Desert,,Mmcannis 13:05, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
- I found a picture and added it to the article. Canadiana 19:31, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
