Canopic chests are cases used by ancient Egyptians to contain the internal organs removed during the process of mummification. Once canopic jars began to be used in the late Fourth Dynasty, the jars were placed within canopic chests. Although the first proven canopic burials date from the Fourth Dynasty reign of Sneferu, there is evidence to suggest that there were canopic installations at Saqqara dating from the Second Dynasty.[1]
- ^ Dodson, Aidan, "Canopic Jars and Chests", in Redford, Donald B. (ed) (2001). The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt, vol. II, Oxford University Press. pp. 231–235