The Department of Egyptian Antiquities was established on May 15, 1826 by royal ordinance by Charles X. He named Jean-Francois Champollion, who had acquired the collection of the British Consul Salt (4000 pieces), the curator of what was then called the Egyptian Museum. It was installed in the south wing of the Cour Carrée and arranged with the help of the architect Fontaine. The painted ceilings are due to Francois-Edouard Picot (The Study and Engineering arts Owens and Egypt to Greece) and Abel de Pujol (Egypt saved by Joseph).

The collection has been greatly magnified by Mariette, with more than 6000 articles reported the excavation of the Serapeum Memphis. Other objects came from excavations carried out by the French Institute of Cairo, a fund from the Musée Guimet (1948) and miscellaneous purchases.

Currently, the Egyptian Antiquities are spread over three floors, on the mezzanine, the Roman Egypt and Coptic Egypt; the ground floor and the first floor, Pharaonic Egypt.

I could not finish this album on Egypt without a visit to the Louvre to contemplate what treasures contained in section Egyptian antiquities.
Too bad, however, that most of them are under glass because it makes picture taking issue with the reflections of light (electric or solar) and sometimes the finger marks of other visitors ...
First some statues: sphinx, characters