Egyptian and Near Eastern antiquities
The items exhibited at the Near Eastern Antiquities Department originate from an area located between present day India and the Mediterranean Sea (Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Afghanistan…). The collections of this department - the successor of the Louvre's Assyrian Museum founded in 1847 -grew during the 19th and 20th centuries by means of the excavations conducted in the area by the French archaeologists. The new acquisitions, which take the form of a safekeeping, take place through partnership agreements signed with the countries where the excavations sites are located.
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Greek and Roman antiquities
With some 70,000 items it manages the Louvre can boast about housing one the largest and most complete collections of antique arts in the world, offering a broad overview of the artistic production of the Greco-Roman world, covering not only the archaic, classical and Hellenistic Greek periods but also the Etruscan civilization as well as the various stages of Ancient Rome.