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An item at Louvre

woman (nude, standing) (Figurine representing a naked woman (goddess?) standing, surrounded by a long draped garment that she holds open on either side of her body in each of her hands. The woman wears an elaborate headdress composed of a solar disk enclosed between two horns, surrounded by numerous stylized decorative elements. A small winged putto stands to her left. Should we therefore see in this a representation of Isis-Aphrodite and of a cupid, a usual attribute of the goddess?)

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).