



detailed scarab
An item at Louvre
pierced lengthwise Decoration: sphinx (ostrich feather, 2, lying on); character; nefer sign; djed pillar (?); neb sign (2)
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).