Fayum Portraits-Greco-Roman Egypt
Panagiotis Constantinou Panagiotis Constantinou
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 Published On Nov 11, 2022

A gaze into the ancient Greco-Roman world of Ancient Egypt, by examining and re-creating the faces of the Fayum Mummy Portraits that were painted using encaustic (wax) and tempera painting techniques by anonymous artists on wooden boards attached to upper class mummies from Roman Egypt. These paintings represent the only significant body of original Greek or Roman art to have survived from Classical Antiquity, and rank alongside other rare painted works.

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