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An item at Louvre

Khonsu (child god, finger in mouth, lock of hair of childhood, uraeus, lunar disc); head Decoration: wedjat eye; emblem of Nefertum (the eye is in relief in the center of the solar disc; the emblem serves as a dorsal pillar)

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).