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Ancient Egyptians believed the heart was the center of intelligence and emotion. They also thought so little of the brain that during mummification, they removed the brain entirely from bodies.

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No brain?  They saved the stomach and intestines but not the brain?  I guess it is a case of eating without thinking about it.

Clever!

"Clean Place" indeed.  The chemicals alone would have raised a stench beyond polite society acceptance.  This single detail is reason enough to locate the facility far away.  As the cliche goes regarding giant pyramid construction, "They had lots of time," we can say of the Ancient Egyptians, "They had lots of space."

LOL! This is very true indeed!  

We see small canopic jars shown in magazines, museums, and movies.  The intestines are extremely long and even dried into compact state seem more volume than one of those small jars provide. Present cremation practice essentially removes all the water and other fluids from our body. Total remains would easily fit into one of their small sacred genie bottles.  

Absolutely - which is part of the reason for the 70 day ritual. :)

Joking, if they cremated as we do, when the souls returned to find their personal body, one ash would look like another ash.

Good question! Hmmmmm...

How many sons of Horus? This number could be a guide, or a checksum, of equal number of organs stored in canopic containers.

What do you say?

Don

LOL Don!    

How many sons of Horus are there? This number could be a guide, or a checksum, of equal number of organs stored in canopic containers.

There are FOUR sons of Horus - Imsety, Hapy, Duamutef and Kebehsenuef, who were linked with the liver, lungs, stomach and intestines respectively, though sometimes the associations of Hapy and Duamutef are found switched about.

Between the early 18th Dynasty and the middle 19th Dynasty, their heads were depicted differently on the canopic jars, with Imsety's head remaining human, while Hapy took on the appearance of an Ape, Duamutef that of a Jackal, and Kebeshsenuef that of a falcon.

In the Book of the Dead, we find the following passages:

Spell 137 - "O sons of Horus, Imsety, Hapy, Duamutef, Kebehsenuef: as you spread your protection over your father Osiris-Khentimentiu, so spread your protection over (the deceased), as you remove the impediment from Osiris-Khentimentiu, so he might live with the gods and drive Seth from him."

Spell 17 - "As for the tribunal that is behind Osiris, Imsety, Hapy, Duamutef, Kebehsenuef; it is these who are behind the Great Bear in the northern sky....As for these seven spirits, Imsety, Hapy, Duamutef, Kebehsenuef, Maayotef, He-Who-is-under-his-Moringa-Tree, and Horus-the-Eyeless, it is they who were set by Anubis as a protection for the burial of Osiris."

The four sons were also associated with four protective goddess, usually being paired as Imsety and Isis, Hapy and Nephthys, Duamutef and Neith, and Kebehsenuef and Selket.

The Sons of Horus were associated with various points of the compass, as well, with Imsety linked to the South, Hapy with the North, Duamutef the East and Kebehsenuef the West. In addition, Hapy and Duamutef were associated with the northern Delta city of Buto, while Imsety and Kebehsenuef were linked to the southern, or Upper Egyptian city of Hierakonpolis.

Source: http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/sonsofhorus.htm

Lori