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An item at Louvre

woman (head) (The woman's hair is worn in a headband of ringlets all around her face, with the locks of hair hanging down the back of her head on either side of the breastplate. The woman's hair is painted black and her eyes are inlaid with black and white glass.)

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).