Free Entrance to the Louvre

Every first Sunday of the month all the museums in Paris are open to the public no charge! Its great for the Parisians but also for the tourists cause they have no idea whats going on. (HINT: if you are in Paris the first of the month go to a museum that either is too expensive normally or one you wouldn't go to and just walk in and enjoy!) There were of course many tourists in the Louvre and they were all doing the same things: trying to buy tickets. It was funny cause in every single travel guide I've read it always says if you are in Paris on the first of the month then the museums are free! So here are some pics of the Louvre :)

There are shops around the Louvre and they were all decorated for Christmas!

The Louvre has the largest exhibit of Ancient Egyptian artifacts outside of Egypt. These are the collections of Thoutmois III from 1550 BC.

King Séthi II - 1200 BC

Chapel of the Ancestors - 1479 BC

List of all Ancient Egypt's Kings

Fragments of a scroll from 579 BC

King Antf's prototypes from 1600 BC. So I guess the king was offered different types of caskets and he chose which one he wanted to be buried in and these were rejects.

Figurines of the goddess Osiris 650 BC.

Now this was really neat. There was a whole room dedicated to the different caskets they found from Egypt. There had to be around 50 different ones in just one room

They even had some opened so you could see the insides. I never knew that they were so delicately decorated on the inside.

Like this was cool, around the end of the end of the first dynasty aka 2800 BC.

The Egypt exhibit continued but in rooms that looked like they were styled for a king or maybe someone royal. It was a real contrast to see these ancient Egyptian artifacts in what looked like a 16th/17th century decorated room.

King Akhénaton aka King Ramses from the movie "Moses"

Ancient Egypt in a 17th century room

Bed frame from the 1700s

I think this is Francois I but I am not 100% sure and there was no sign that side anything.

Awesome ceiling!

The next nine rooms were finished in the 1820s and are called Charles the Tenth Museum. They held the ancient greek and roman artifacts.

I love these doors!! These are the type of doors Patrick had in his apartment (the guy who had me over for Thanksgiving). His place was this tall and huge.