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    Where were the canopic jars of the Popes kept?

    Question #87402. Asked by tragic_flawed. (Oct 17 07 6:11 PM)


    lanfranco

    The viscera of a number of Popes were preserved in the Church of SS Vincenzo ed Anastasio:




    http://romeartlover.tripod.com/Vasi139.html

    Oct 17 07, 6:31 PM
    zbeckabee

    "The Popes have adopted the ancient Egyptian burial practice of removing their vital or visceral organs from the body and preserving them in canopic jars inside the Vatican. Inside the Vatican is an Egyptian Museum containing statutes and icons of Egyptian Kings, queens, and Egyptian divinities."


    http://www.siteofthesoul.com/hall.htm


    Oct 17 07, 6:38 PM


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