Les Portes del Cel

“The Gates of Heaven. Visions of the World in Ancient Egypt”
Egyptian Antiquities
Del 6 de març al 29 de juny 2009

Stele of Lady TaperetThird Intermediate Period, 22nd Dynasty, 10th or 9th century BC© Musée du Louvre/C. Décamps

In the Ancient Egyptian language “The Gates of Heaven” meant the doors of a sanctuary housing the statue of a divinity. Symbolizing the passageway into the afterworld this expression also applies to other points of contact between the different elements of the universe as conceived by the Egyptians.
Containing about 350 artefacts spanning three millennia, from the Old Kingdom to the Roman Period, the exhibition endeavours to place everyday objects in their social, religious and artistic context.
Curator(s) : Marc Etienne, département des Antiquités égyptiennes, musée du Louvre.