Thumbnail image for papyrusThumbnail image for papyrus
papyrus

papyrus

An item at Louvre

Decoration: bee; white crown; scarab; bull (standing); worship scene; Abydos reliquary (flanked by); Anubis (dog-headed god, standing); Horus (falcon-headed god, standing, pschent crown); Isis (standing, sign of Isis, protecting); Nephthys (standing, sign of Nephthys, protecting); Thoth (ibis-headed god, standing); falcon-headed god (standing); lion-headed god (standing)

Department of Egyptian Antiquities

An exhibit at Louvre

papyruspapyruspapyruspapyruspapyrus

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).