stele of Horus

stele of Horus

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on the front; in the arch; Horus (standing, on, crocodile, holding, lion, scorpion, oryx, 2, snake); Isis (standing, dress, tripartite wig, disc-shaped horns, holding, ankh sign, papyriform scepter) 1st register; snake (5, superimposed); scorpion; gazelle; lion on the back; in the arch; Toueris; character

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).