Canopic What?!?

Canopic jars, duh!  The anicient Egyptians used canopic jars during mummification. For what you say, to put the organs in of course!  This was actually a very important proccess during mummification.  The important mummies had canopic jars plus a little chest to put it in called a canopic chest, which they also buried with the mummy.  The super poor people had their organs thrown in the river or  just buried somewhere when they died.  I think it would be pretty nasty to be swimming in the Nile River and seeing intestines floating on the top of the water!  The canopic jars were usually made of limestone, clay, or wood. I think it would be pretty hard to find wood in Egypt though! I bet you wondering why they went through all this trouble just to keep a couple of organs.  Well, the Egyptians thought that each organ had its own special power or cosmic energy that they needed to keep in the afterlife while we think it's just a whole bunch of tissue.  Well now you might want to know which organs they kept, but I guess you will just have to read on!