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An item at Louvre

uraeus (2, solar disc) (The body of each cobra is crossed over its entire height by a vertical band in relief which ends on the reverse at the top of the head to form a suspension ring (a metal wire remains). The hollow parts in the shape of a solar disc must originally have been inlaid.)

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).