figurine of Bes pantheon
An item at Louvre
Panthea (standing, on, serpent, crocodile, head of Bes, 4, arms, wings and tail of bird, erect phallus, naked, double straight feather, solar disk, horizontal ram's horns); divinity slaying harmful animals
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).