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An item at Louvre

multiple piercing (4, at the top, on the sides) Decoration: Horus (on the front, god with a falcon's head, crouching, tripartite wig, shroud, necklace); Thoth (on the front, god with an ibis's head, crouching, tripartite wig, shroud); Anubis (on the back, dog, lying down, necklace, flagellum)

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).