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An item at Louvre

seat; statue missing Decoration: right; worship scene; man (standing, loincloth, close-cropped hair, worshipping); Horus (falcon-headed god, standing, pschent crown) left; woman (standing, robe, worshipping); Wadjet (lion-headed goddess, standing, uraeus) behind; 1st register; falcon (wings spread, holding, chen sign, ostrich feather) behind; 2nd register; representation of the union of the two lands (from text)

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).