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viscera sarcophagus

viscera sarcophagus

An item at Louvre

man (shroud, tripartite wig) Decoration: on the lid; winged scarab; solar disk (between); wedjat eye (2) on the tank; frieze of prophylactic signs; djed pillar (between); knot of Isis under the feet; djed pillar (Osiris, ?); sign of the West (2) on the head; ba-bird (wings spread); djed pillar (2); knot of Isis (2); wedjat eye (4)

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).