They are known as canopic jars. ROHIM: Each burial have four canopic jars-- four organs of the deceased. NARRATOR: Each jar is topped with a different symbolic sculpture. The heads represent the ...

36, No. 4, Oct., 1910 Jar-Burial Customs and the Question of I... Jar-Burial Customs and the Question of Infant Sacrifice in Palestine This is the metadata section. Skip to content viewer section.

The burial styles vary, ranging from simple pit graves to graves covered with pottery imported from North Africa. A photo shows two of these pottery-covered graves. The jars look almost like ...