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An item at Louvre

Decoration: worship scene; Abydos reliquary (flanked by); Thoth (ibis-headed god, kneeling, lunar disc); Horus (falcon-headed god, kneeling, pschent crown); ram (2, standing on, divine ensign); Isis (standing, disced horns, sign of Isis, presenting, sign of the years, ankh sign); Hathor (standing, disced horns, presenting, sign of the years, ankh sign); god (standing, red crown, atef crown, presenting, ankh sign, sign of the years); Chou (standing, ostrich feather, presenting, ankh sign, sign of the years) at the top; winged scarab; Anubis (2, dog, lying down) at the bottom; uraeus frieze (solar disc)

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).