Cast of a statue of King Khafre (Cairo JE 10062) from Giza
An item at Louvre
king (seated, hands on thighs, nemes hairstyle, uraeus, straight false beard, bull's tail); lion-bodied throne; Horus (falcon, wings spread, protecting) Decoration: sign of the union of the two lands
Department of Egyptian Antiquities
An exhibit at Louvre
The collections of the Department of Egyptian Antiquities present the civilization that evolved on the banks of the Nile, from the end of Prehistory (around 4,000 BCE) to the Christian era (from the 4th century CE).