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detailed scarab

An item at Louvre

scarab with human head (nemes headdress); pierced lengthwise (legs detailed in relief) Decoration: on the back; sphinx (lying down, 2); winged serpent (2); cartouche on the base; winged solar disk; vulture (?, wings outstretched); winged scarab; container (?)

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).