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An item at Louvre

Seated mummified Osiris statuette, wearing the atef, arms folded over his chest holding a whip and scepter. Bone-encrusted eyes. Seated on a modern yellow marble base.

Department of Egyptian Antiquities

An exhibit at Louvre

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).

Louvre