Canopic
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of Canopic
Example Sentences
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Like "Canopic Chest," there's formal vigor but not much more.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2015
A technical feat of bronze casting, the sludge-laden automobile is a "Canopic Chest."
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2015
Nearby, they also discovered what was once the mouth of the now submerged Canopic branch of the Nile, where ancient writings had indeed placed Herakleion, a prosperous, commercial gateway to Egypt.
From Time Magazine Archive
The little coffins, within the Canopic jars, within the alabaster box on its sledge, within the long-sealed tomb suggested a great Chinese nest of boxes, one cunningly held within the other.
From Time Magazine Archive
Fetching my camera, I snapped a picture of what I took to be the last columns to stand on the old Canopic Way.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
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