ibis sarcophagus; ibis mummy
An item at Louvre
Decoration: Harpocrates (standing, hemhem crown, left foot advanced, finger to mouth, naked, in front); Thoth (ibis-headed god, seated, lunar disc, holding was scepter); the four sons of Horus
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).