Published on
Jul 17, 2025
Lifelike Faces of the Dead: Fayum Portraits from Roman Egypt
Though they are often referred to as “Fayum portraits”—taking their title from the location of a region in Egypt where Pharaoh Amenemhat III‘s mortuary temple once stood—they came from various places across Egypt. These ancient Egyptian-Roman “death masks” …
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DailyArt Magazine
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