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An item at Louvre

Uraeus, a female cobra, wearing the Atef crown, at the base of which are two horizontal ram's horns. The cobra sits atop a hollow pommel in the shape of a payrus stem with an orifice at its base. Wooden base

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).