"It seems to me that aesthetically this goes well beyond meeting the need of surviving into the afterlife."
Curator Janice Kamrin on an Egyptian canopic jar.
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Uncovering the mysteries of an Ancient Egyptian canopic jar
"It seems to me that aesthetically this goes well beyond meeting the need of surviving into the afterlife."
Janice Kamrin
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Janice Kamrin
Curator, Department of Egyptian Art
Curator, Department of Egyptian Art
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ca. 1349–1330 B.C. or shortly thereafter