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An item at Louvre

Decoration: uterus; dwarf (standing, two-headed, 2, dog's head, flanked by); man (naked, standing); woman (drapery, standing) (representation of the womb accompanied by a symbolic key intended to close the female organ to evil influences protected by 3 genies)

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).