Kevin WilbrahamA mummy portrait of a young man, dating to the late 1st century. Originally from Fayum in Egypt, the portrait is now part of the collections at Manchester Museum. 📷 My own. #Woodensday #Fayum #ManchesterMuseum
A mummy portrait of a young soldier from Fayum in Egypt. Dating to around 100 to 150 AD, the portrait is part of the collections at the Altes Museum in Berlin. 📷 My own. #Woodensday #Fayum
Claire Barnes@arturoviaggia.bsky.social no idea, but it's an interesting question that I can see & boost because you are #NowBridged 🔗 🥂
idw_onlineMehr als 2.000 Jahre alte Papyri stehen im Mittelpunkt eines neuen Forschungsprojekts an der @uniwuerzburg.bsky.social. Aus einem ägyptischen Tempel stammend, erzählen sie viel über das Leben zu dieser Zeit. #Fayum #Soknopaiu Foto: P.Oxf. Griffith C 10
https://nachrichten.idw-online.de/2025/01/30/was-papyrusfragmente-ueber-den-alltag-in-aegypten-verraten
https://nachrichten.idw-online.de/2025/01/30/was-papyrusfragmente-ueber-den-alltag-in-aegypten-verraten
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Mathew ThomasIt is fantastic that such portraits have been discovered #beautiful
This is how people in #Egypt looked like almost #2000yearsago #mummyportraits #Fayum
They provide a window into ancient Egyptian life and #culture.
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/ancient-egyptians/see-gorgeous-ancient-egyptian-mummy-portraits-from-nearly-2-millennia-ago
World History EncyclopediaThe Faiyum (also given as Fayoum, Fayum, and Faiyum Oasis) was a region of ancient Egypt known for its fertility and the abundance of plant and animal life. https://www.worldhistory.org/Fayum/ #History #Egypt #EgyptianMummy #Fayum
Maria Tatiana#Fayum - like image of a goddess #Roman time Egypt
"The headdress – sun disk with flanking cow horns and crowned by two feathers indicates that Aphrodite-Hathor is probably depicted here. The figure on her right is missing. The oval face with the full cheeks is idealized, the suggested double chin and the so-called Venus wrinkles belong to an antique ideal of beauty." See #AltText
Bilder von Göttern und Menschen der römischen Kaiserzeit – eine kunsttechnische Betrachtung
Cristina Thieme
I swear I know this guy!
A very realistic #Fayum type portrait of a middle-aged man.
#AncientEgypt #Roman period, encaustic painting on wood
Photo by Hans Ollermann, from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo
https://www.flickr.com/photos/menesje/25662113692/in/pool-831028@N23/
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009 MUMMY PORTRAITS IN THE EGYPTIAN MUSEUM, CAIRO - photo's Hans Ollermann 2015-2016.
ChappsFour striking so-called #Fayum Romano-Egyptian mummy portraits from the #BrooklynMuseum. The difference between encaustic (the first and fourth portraits) and tempera (second and third portraits) is really striking. Encaustic brings the subject to life. #archaeology