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An item at Louvre

falcon (Lapis blue coif, back, and wings that have faded to black. Yellow breastplate and underside of wings. Red legs and detailed talons. Base and support area entirely white. The figurine was probably one of a set of four identical figurines placed atop the four corner pillars of an outer wooden sarcophagus.)

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).