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mummified coffin

mummified coffin

An item at Louvre

woman (shroud, crossed arms, tripartite wig, headband, usekh necklace, earrings); hands missing Decoration: on lid on chest; ram-headed scarab on belly; ram-headed scarab (between); worship scene (2, symmetrical); god (seated); ba-bird; Nephthys; Abydos reliquary; winged goddess on legs; vignettes (5, superimposed, between); worship scene; woman (standing, playing, sistrum); Isis; Osiris; emblem of Nefertum on basin; outside right; worship scene; woman (standing, worshiping, Abydos reliquary); god (3, standing); dead being watered by tree goddess; cow emerging from mountain; dog (lying) left; Thoth (ibis-headed god); depiction of creation of world; heart weighing

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).