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The glitziest gallery in the Louvre Museum, the Galerie d’Apollon houses the royal collection of 800 pieces of hardstone vessels and the French Crown Jewels. You will come across historical diamonds such as the 140-carat Regent, the Sancy and the Hortensia, right here. At the entrance to the Louvre’s Department of Egyptian Antiquities, you will be greeted by an enigmatic Sphinx. Inside, you will uncover a vast display of more than six,000 works such as the Seated Scribe and the statues of kings and queens. She stopped her explanation and looked directly at me for the initially time. I was...