mummy mask

An item at Louvre

Funerary breastplate mask of a woman in painted stucco. The headdress is composed of three parts: behind a diadem, the hair is arranged, smoothed, on either side of a parting; on the forehead, it is arranged in two rows of tight curls that fall in small "English" curls on the temples. On the left, a sort of braid passes behind the ear and hangs down the neck. The eyebrows are marked by a black line, like the eyelashes. Only the right eye remains. Round face, imposing nose and small, slightly smiling mouth.

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