Stele of Ankhou

Stele of Ankhou

An item at Louvre

Decoration: funeral meal; man (seated, loincloth, close-cropped hair, breathing, lotus flower); woman (seated, dress, right arm folded on chest); offering table; ewer; frame of alternating rectangles

Department of Egyptian Antiquities

An exhibit at Louvre

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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).