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Message:: [QUOTE="Bart9349, post: 2705230, member: 5682"]<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canopic_jar" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canopic_jar" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canopic_jar</a> "Canopic jars were used by the Ancient Egyptians during the mummification process to store and preserve the viscera of their owner for the afterlife.The jars were four in number, each charged with the safekeeping of particular human organs: the stomach, intestines, lungs, and liver. The design of these changed over time.The canopic jars were placed inside a canopic chest and buried in tombs together with the sarcophagus of the dead. It was also done because it was believed the dead person would need their organs to help them through the afterlife." These jars reflect the Ancient Egyptians' familiarity and comfort with the extraction, storage, and preservation of human organs (used for the dead person's preparation for the afterlife). With this background, it is not surprising that the city of Alexandria became possibly the only site for human anatomical research and dissection in the Ancient World. The Egyptian city of Alexandria was not only a site of research and education, but it was also unique in its tolerance of human dissection for research and training. (Human dissection was not practiced anywhere else in the Roman Empire.) This coin is a reminder of the importance of Ancient Alexandria and its place in history. [ATTACH=full]609527[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]609525[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]609524[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]

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