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Sully) are well represented, as seen in the
Code of Hammurabi
(Room 3, ground floor,
Richelieu) and the
Seated Scribe
(Room 22, 1st floor, Sully). Room 12 (ground floor,
Sackler Wing) holds impressive friezes and an enormous two-headed-bull column from the
Darius Palace in ancient Iran, while an enormous seated statue of Pharaoh Ramesses II high-
lights the temple room (Room 12, Sully).
Also worth a look are the mosaics and figurines from the Byzantine empire (lower ground
floor, Denon), and the Greek statuary collection, culminating with the world's most famous
armless duo, the
Venus de Milo
(Room 16, ground floor, Sully) and the
Winged Victory of
Samothrace
(top of Daru staircase, 1st floor, Denon, under renovation through 2015).
