Taouaou Stele

An item at Louvre

Decoration: in the arch; wedjat eye (2, symmetrical); royal cartouche at the top; woman (2, standing, dress, tripartite wig, holding, fly swatter); man (2, standing, right arm folded on the chest, loincloth) at the bottom; woman (standing, dress, holding by the shoulder); man (standing, loincloth, short wig, shield, carrying, axe, dagger); man (5, standing)

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).

Louvre