



aegis and necklace counterweight
An item at Louvre
lioness head (uraeus sun disk, usekh necklace) Decoration: Bastet (lioness-headed goddess, standing, uraeus sun disk, holding papyrus scepter); lion-headed god (crouching, shroud, uraeus sun disk, flanked by); falcon (2, wings spread, protecting)
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).