Four sons of Horus
The four sons of Horus are a group of gods who protect the dead souls. They appear as canopic jars, each represented as a different head. The first god is Imsety, he appears with a human head, the second god is Duamutef, he appears with a jackal head, the third god is Hapi, he appears with a baboon head, and the fourth and final god is Qebehsenuef, he appears with a falcon head. They are used as canopic jars.
Four Sons Of Horus Media
Animal-headed canopic jars from the Twenty-sixth Dynasty (664–525 BC)
The sons of Horus portrayed on a lotus flower before the throne of Osiris, from the Ptolemaic temple at Deir el-Medina, third century BC
A canopic chest with human-headed jars, from the Middle Kingdom (c. 2055–1650 BC)
Human-headed canopic jars from the early Eighteenth Dynasty, c. 1504–1447 BC
Qebehsenuef (center) and Hapy (right), depicted in the tomb of Nefertari (QV66), c. 1250 BC
Animal-headed canopic jars from the Twenty-fifth Dynasty (c. 744–664 BC)
Amulets of the four sons of Horus from the Third Intermediate Period (c. 1070–664 BC)
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