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Tour Guide - Louvre & Bible MAJ 08/17 (Eng) Sully / Denon Mercury Greek and Roman Antiquities • Hermes Fastening Sandal www.tour.louvrebible.org Tour Guide - Louvre & Bible MAJ 08/17 (Eng) Sully / Denon Mercury. Messenger of Caryatid Room the gods. Acts 14:12 Near Eastern Antiquities 3 • Worshipper of Larsa Richelieu Cult moon. Job 31:27 • Athlete’s Head • Aphrodite 1 • Map • Libation to god Shamash Bible & Sport : No anathema . Vénus. Ishtar. Mesopotamia. Acts 7:2 Sun-god. Halo 1 Cor 9:24; Héb 12:1; 2 Tim 2:5 Vénus de Milo Babylon. Genesis 10:10 • Code of Hammurabi • Victory Stele King Eannatum Ancestor of Mosaic Law ? • God Pan • Eros Oldest historical doc. Many Différences A devil with horns. Lupercales. 4 terms: Eros. Philia. Net. Ps 66:11; Mi 7 • List of Kings Larsa. Chronology Saint Valentine’s Day. 14 feb Storge. Agape. John 13:35 • Writing’s birth • Vase Goddess Ishtar Babel. Gen 11:9. Nimrod. Mother-goddess worship • Dionysus and the Seasons Rooms 22 to 30 Heritage from Babylon • Demon Humbaba Bacchus. Orgy. Romans 13:13 • Cylinder Seal • Divinatory Livers Festival of the Carnaval. • So-Called Domitius Relief Melchisedek. Priest-King Ez 21:21. Spiritism • Drunken Silenius. Komast Census scene. Luke 2:1 • Votive Bas Relief Dudu • Model Ruins Palace of Mari • Cult of Dionysus Large shield. Eph 6:16 Myths of creation 15,000 clay tablets • Augustus 1 b • Ebib II • Organiser of the Sacrifice • Artemis With a Doe First Caesar quoted Bible. Biblical Archaeology • Kudurru Meli-Shipak II Diane. Goddess of the moon. Luc 2:1-5. JC birth. • Ceramic Fragments Boundaries. Prov 23:10 Artemis of Ephesus. Acts 19:28 • Emperor Tiberius Bitumen. Genesis 11:3 Exode 20:4. Microcosm Secd C. 14 CE. Mark 12:15 2 • Murex. Purple vt15 • Myths of Creation • The Torment of Marsyas • Claudius • Victory Stele of Naram-Sin • "The Righteous Sufferer" Torture stake. Crux simplex. Third Caesar. Acts 11:28 Horn . Psalm 75:5 • Magic Formula Mat 27:40. Traditional cross Suetonius Nimrod. Akkad • Zodiac Calendar • Nero • The Art of Seals. Nergal 6 • Arslan Tash Ivories • Alexander the Great Acts 25:10 • The Architect with a plan Hazaël. Amos • Titus. Luke 21:20-24 • Libation Vase • Lion passant • Seleucos 1 er Nicator • Sarcophagus of the Spouses • Bas relief Ninsun. Flood Daniel. Akîtu Syrie. Daniel 11:4 • Mithraic Relief • Cylinder of Gudéa. New Year • The So-called ‘Esagila Tablet’ Persian god light. Luk 2:32 • Figurines or Small Plaques Ziggurat. Tower of Babel Rooms 8 to 15 (on the left) Festival of Christmas Teraphim. Genesis 31:34 • Head of a Horned Dragon • Emperor Constant Ier • Gushing Vase Marduk. Major god Babylon • Cult of Cybèle au Pirée Christendom / Christianity • Statue of Ur-Ningirsu Polytheism. Bible prophecy Rhéa. Mother’s Day • School Tablet Psalm 110:1. Josh 10:24 • New Year Ritual in Babylon • Ptolemy I Soter 1 Peter 2:21 • Lament destruction Ur. Sin Egypt / Palestine.l Mat 2:14 4 • Weight with Crescent Moon 1 Khorsabad courtyard [18a • Votive Stele. Tanit Egyptian Antiquities 19 • The bull Apis • Transport timber cedar • Urn Calcified Remains Sully 18 • The gods of Egypt. Ex 12:12 • Winged Bulls. Hero and lion Child Sacrifice Crypt of sphinx & Rooms 3 - 18 Isis. Cult Mother and Child • Sargon II • Cippus. Melquart Esaiah 20:1. Archaeology • Teima Stele C. • Great sphinx First Floor Assyrian art Aramaic text Shishak. Pharaoh. 1 Kings 14 6 • Demon Pazuzu [ 20 • Triad of Beelshamên 3 • Hâpy & Tilapia nilotica 22 • False door Méry • Annals of Sennachérib Palmyre. Trinity Nile. New Year's Day. Nb 11:5 • The “Seated Scribe” • Prism F Assurbanipal • Funerary Relief 4 • Mastaba 25 • King Akhenaten • Rebuilding Babylone Mourning. Am 5:16 Worship ancestors. Eccl 9:5 Monotheism ? • Reliefs Deportation of Elamites Jewish tombs • Model of granary • Royal child. Grapes Gen 40 Pul. 2 Kings 15:29 Tafos / mnemeion Genesis 41:56 27 • Hormin 7 • Geometric Decorated Bowl [ 21 • Colossal Vase 5 • Vine; Bread Necklace of gold. Gen 41:42 Cro ss. Svastiska Molten seal 6 • Scribe, Letter hieratic 8 • ‘Hideaway’ vase. Jer 32:14 7 • Goddess Maât & the ankh Campana gallery • Statue of Goddess Narundi Rooms of Levant • Furniture leg. Apries 40 Oenochoe. Svastika • Statue of Manishtousou 9 • Jewellery 39 Pig sacrifice. Antiochus IV 10 • The Golden Worshipper D • Mesha Stele • Razors Cult, Candle and Prayer 800 BCE. Moab Joseph. Genesis 41:14 29 • Triad of Osorkon I • Table decorated with serpents YHWH transcription 10 • Sistrum. 2 Samuel 6:5 Trinity. Deut 5:7 • Sit Shamshi. High places • Seal inscribed Hebrew 11 • Sphinx • Amulet Darius I 11 • Electrum Goblet • Model Shrine 12 • Colossus of King Aménophis • King Taharqa. Isaiah 37:9 12 • Palace of Darius I • Weights written down • Osiris et his son Horus 30 • Queen Cleopatra VII Capital of a Column . Esther • Letter from Biridiya • Zodiac of Dendéra 36 • Cybele. Mother’s Day Cylinder Seals . Law Medes • Statue in Human Form Astrology. Job 26:7 36 • Artemis of Ephesus ← Sphinx. Frieze of Archers Cr • Hymn to Osiris Acts 19:28 [14 • Foundation Charter C • Funerary Steles 13 • Funerary Papyrus Sérimen • Head of Zeus. Acts 28:11 • Cup Xerxes • Stele of Si Gabbor 14 • Sarcophagi 33 Skeleton cups • Contrat in babylonian. 539 BC. 15 • Mummy Conception life. 1 Cor 15:32 [16 • Mosaic Woman Playing the Harp B • Map: Genesis 50:2. • Cameo of Augustus • Decorated Vase. Dance Byblos. Uugarit • Four canopic Jars • Palestinian lamps. [17 • Sarcophagus Eshmunazor • Stele of Storm God Baal Medical wisdom. Acts 7:22 Mat 5:14 • Ashtart’s Throne Baal Hadad. Canaan Mosaic Law. Psalm 19 32 • Armour and Jewellery 1 King 11:5 Canaanite worship Elie. 1 Kings 17:1 • Censer arm. Genesis 37:25 Ephésiens 6 Ras Shamra Ugarit • Golden Calf 17 • The Book of the Dead • Janus head • Boat Models • Trivet & Pomegranates Plato. Immortality. • Metal mirror. 1 Cor 13:12 Tyr e / Byblos / Bible 2 19 • Ram's mummy 3 .
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