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. 2014 Jun 18;2014(2):103–116. doi: 10.5339/gcsp.2014.31

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Figure 1. — Hieroglyphic depictions of the heart: (A) The early depiction of the heart with 8 vessels connected to it. (B) The simpler jar-shaped depiction of the heart used after the third Dynasty.