"Four, I only want four"

Jonathan may have been talking about camels but in Egypt here were only ever were four canopic jars ....

If you thought that putting five jars in the film was a faux pas read on. ...

The writing on the front of the canpoic jars used in the film was in fact nicked rather smartly from the front of King Tutankhamen's canopic chest......

Here is the version they used on the jars.....

Spoken by Nepthys

Spoken by Isis

and this is what they nicked it from - the inscription is on the side we can't see so you'll have to take my word for it. The original thing is in the Cairo Museum.

So what does it say? Spoken by Nepthys "djd mdw in Nb.t hw.t ink awy=i hr nty im=i stp=i hr Hpi nty im=i Hpi Wsir nsw.t... " Spoken by Nepthys: I clasp my two arms around the one who is in me, that I may secure protection for Hapi who is in me, the Hapi ... Spoken by Isis "djd mdw in Is.t hp=i awy=i hr nty im=i stp=i hr Imsnty nb-kprw-ra" Spoken by Isis: I wrap my two arms around the one who is in me, that I may secure protection for Imsenty (lord who becomes Ra).

Interestingly Tut-ankh-amen's throne name is on these jars - so how Imhotep was ever to get his beloved back to life I don't know - from this inscription they didn't even belong to her!!!

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