The familiar pyramid at the entrance of The Louvre and featured in Dan Brown's book, The Da Vinci Code.
We started with sculptures ....
Aphrodite of Milos (Greek), better known as Venus de Milo, one of the most famous ancient Greek sculptures (created some time between 130 and 100 BCE). Goddess of love and beauty. The arms were lost following its discovery on the Greek island of Milos.
The Three Wise Men: David, Daryl and Stéphane.
(Oh, someone just corrected me. They are Plato, Aristotle and Socrates.)
A rather grand funerary urn
Sadly, signs like this one are necessary:
Even the ceilings are magnificent
Surely they didn't have rude finger signs back in those days!!!
Four Egyptian mummies?
Tapéret praying to the sun god Re
10th century before Jesus Christ
This little beauty is worth millions. (I'm talking about the one behind the glass case, not in it.)
Daryl walked into this room and announced that he'd found a swimming pool. Well, yep, it's as big as many backyard swimming pools. Couldn't believe it was just a vase! A vase for goodness sake! What did they put in it?
Marble sarcophages (designed to contain coffins) from 300 years before Jesus Christ.
Frieze of archers
From the palace of King Darius, about 510 years before Jesus Christ
It's an absolute maze inside the Louvre, and it took us about 15 minutes to find the exit. When we came outside, it was still blowing a gale and raining hard. Great to spend most of the day indoors.
Mid-afternoon, Daryl and I left Katrina and Stéphane and went to meet a chef from our very favourite café at home in Melbourne -- 'Down To Earth'. Here's Emma (on the right) with her partner, Jules. Emma was glad to know that we still love 'Down To Earth' despite having enjoyed wonderful food in Paris.
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