Viscera figure with baboon head (Hapy) ca. 990-970 B.C. Third Intermediate Period This set of resin figurines (25.3.155a-d) were found inside the mummy of Henettawy, a wealthy woman who lived during Dynasty 21. Each of the figurines represents one of the Four Sons of Horus, Egyptian deities who protected the four internal organs that were removed during mummification. This set of roughly-made figurines (25.3.155a-d) were found inside the mummy of Henettawy, a wealthy woman who lived during Dynasty 21. Each of the figurines represents one of the Four Sons of Horus, minor deities who protected the four internal organs that were removed during mummification. In Dynasty 21, when these figures were made, the Egyptians embalmed the lungs, liver, stomach, and intestines separately and then returned them to the body. Each organ was usually wrapped with a small wax or mud figure representing the son of Horus who protected it. Thus, the baboon-headed Hapy was wrapped with the lungs; the human-he

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Viscera figure with baboon head (Hapy) ca. 990-970 B.C. Third Intermediate Period This set of resin figurines (25.3.155a-d) were found inside the mummy of Henettawy, a wealthy woman who lived during Dynasty 21. Each of the figurines represents one of the Four Sons of Horus, Egyptian deities who protected the four internal organs that were removed during mummification. This set of roughly-made figurines (25.3.155a-d) were found inside the mummy of Henettawy, a wealthy woman who lived during Dynasty 21. Each of the figurines represents one of the Four Sons of Horus, minor deities who protected the four internal organs that were removed during mummification. In Dynasty 21, when these figures were made, the Egyptians embalmed the lungs, liver, stomach, and intestines separately and then returned them to the body. Each organ was usually wrapped with a small wax or mud figure representing the son of Horus who protected it. Thus, the baboon-headed Hapy was wrapped with the lungs; the human-he

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