arched stele

arched stele

An item at Louvre

upper part Decoration: scene of adoration; man (kneeling, adoring); Méretseger (serpent with woman's head, double upright feather, in front, vase: lotus flower) in the arch; boat of Re (child god, seated, in front, shemes sign, solar disk) (only the hands of the worshipper remain)

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).