ancientegyptdaily: “PAINTED MUMMY PORTRAITS OF EGYPTIANS DURING THE ROMAN PERIOD “The painted mummy portraits of Roman Egypt almost uncannily bring before us individuals from about two thousand years ago. The powerful promise of the ancient Egyptian... ancientegyptdaily: “PAINTED MUMMY PORTRAITS OF EGYPTIANS DURING THE ROMAN PERIOD “The painted mummy portraits of Roman Egypt almost uncannily bring before us individuals from about two thousand years ago. The powerful promise of the ancient Egyptian... ancientegyptdaily: “PAINTED MUMMY PORTRAITS OF EGYPTIANS DURING THE ROMAN PERIOD “The painted mummy portraits of Roman Egypt almost uncannily bring before us individuals from about two thousand years ago. The powerful promise of the ancient Egyptian... ancientegyptdaily: “PAINTED MUMMY PORTRAITS OF EGYPTIANS DURING THE ROMAN PERIOD “The painted mummy portraits of Roman Egypt almost uncannily bring before us individuals from about two thousand years ago. The powerful promise of the ancient Egyptian... ancientegyptdaily: “PAINTED MUMMY PORTRAITS OF EGYPTIANS DURING THE ROMAN PERIOD “The painted mummy portraits of Roman Egypt almost uncannily bring before us individuals from about two thousand years ago. The powerful promise of the ancient Egyptian... ancientegyptdaily: “PAINTED MUMMY PORTRAITS OF EGYPTIANS DURING THE ROMAN PERIOD “The painted mummy portraits of Roman Egypt almost uncannily bring before us individuals from about two thousand years ago. The powerful promise of the ancient Egyptian... ancientegyptdaily: “PAINTED MUMMY PORTRAITS OF EGYPTIANS DURING THE ROMAN PERIOD “The painted mummy portraits of Roman Egypt almost uncannily bring before us individuals from about two thousand years ago. The powerful promise of the ancient Egyptian... ancientegyptdaily: “PAINTED MUMMY PORTRAITS OF EGYPTIANS DURING THE ROMAN PERIOD “The painted mummy portraits of Roman Egypt almost uncannily bring before us individuals from about two thousand years ago. The powerful promise of the ancient Egyptian...

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PAINTED MUMMY PORTRAITS OF EGYPTIANS DURING THE ROMAN PERIOD

The painted mummy portraits of Roman Egypt almost uncannily bring before us individuals from about two thousand years ago. The powerful promise of the ancient Egyptian afterlife, the pervasiveness and coherence of Roman culture, and the strong naturalism of the Graeco-Roman painting tradition combined to produce these arresting portraits of the gentility of the towns and cities of Egypt beyond the great metropolis of Alexandria. —Ancient Faces: Mummy Portraits from Roman Egypt (ed. Susan Walker) (1997)

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