



mummified coffin
An item at Louvre
Decoration: on the tank; inside Nut (seen from the front); Nekhbet; lotus from Upper Egypt; Wadjet; papyrus from Lower Egypt (on the outer sides parade of figures holding lizards and snakes)
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).