Scribe

This is an amazingly old statue of a scribe. It is so realistic and well done. A scribe was a sought after job and paid well. The artist shows that by adding little rolls of fat around his middle. The Louvre considers this the most important object in it's Egyptian collection.

Apis bull

I nagged our guides about the Apis Bull during our time in Egypt but we were not in the right place (Serapeum) to see much evidence. The right place turned out to be a room in the
Louvre. The Apis was a rare sacred bull associated with the god Ptah. Some the wall paintings in this room showed what we would think of as a Jersey cow. Life for an Apis was good-much pampering and special food. Kobe beef came to mind. When you died, you got to be a very large mummy. As usual, the publicity-seeking Ramses II claimed a relationship with the Apis and there were numerous stele and carvings in the Louvre exhibits from Ramses reign.

Mummy

With it's funeral mask

An amazing funeral mask

About 3,000 years old

Louvre

We spent the day at the Louvre in their quite extensive Egypt antiquities area. I haven't spent much time there before--it takes up a good section of the Sully wing--but now it is much more Interesting. For example, we instantly knew this was a statue of the God Horus.

We found

Another Pyramid.

Our niece Carmen

Because we unexpectedly ended up in Paris we got to spend the weekend with Carmen who is studying in Rennes. Seeing her was just what we needed.