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An item at Louvre

Wadjet (lion-headed goddess, seated, dress, arm bracelet, ankle bracelet); hairstyle missing Decoration: right; left; plumage; Sematawy behind; top; falcon (wings spread, solar disk, holding, Chen sign, ostrich feather, flanked by); wedjat eye (2) behind; bottom; Sematawy (engraved on the sides of the seat)

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).