The figure at the top is the ancient Egyptian goddess Isis, curiously shown with two normal arms and two further arms as wings. Isis is also shown on the column on the extreme left. The inscriptions on this column are strangely inverted. The figure at the top is the ancient Egyptian goddess Isis, curiously shown with two normal arms and two further arms as wings. Isis is also shown on the column on the extreme left. The inscriptions on this column are strangely inverted. Right wing The capitals of the columns in the background are actually inverted, and all carry the staring eyes so characteristic of Jean Thomassen's paintings. Various heads shown on the pillars include depictions of the god Osiris, Egyptian Lord of the Underworld and Judge of the Dead, and his wife Isis. A large human-headed sphinx sits on a long plinth that is covered with various graffiti, cartouches and hieroglyphs, in front of which is the Rosetta Stone. At the foot of the painting is a curious subterranean chamber carrying the misspelled sign 'Cliopatra's Shop' containing figures with peering eyes. The female figure on the right of the panel, perhaps representing a queen, has very dark skin, suggesting that she might be Nubian. References