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An item at Louvre

Harpocrates (child god, naked, hands on thighs, lock of hair from childhood, seated on); throne with lion's body; missing head Decoration: Horus (falcon, standing on, serekh, flanked by); Nekhbet (vulture, holding, chen sign, standing on, neb sign, lotus from Upper Egypt); Wadjet (serpent, erect, holding, chen sign, on, neb sign, papyrus from Lower Egypt)

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).