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An item at Louvre

Sekhmet (standing, walking, right arm swinging, left arm folded over chest, holding papyrus scepter, tripartite wig, long dress); lioness-headed goddess; with dorsal pillar (not pierced); with bail (behind head)

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).