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The Fayoum Portraits
At the beginning of the first century A.D., it became customary to insert a portrait of the deceased into a mummy’s bandages above his or her face.

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2023-03-15

Mes félicitations à pour son doctorat sur les portraits du Fayoum en Egypte romaine. Ces portraits de momie peints sur leur sarcophages sont si précieux. C'était sans compter sur le pire de twitter qui lui est tombé dessus alors qu'elle partageait simplement sa joie!🙄

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2022-12-04

my design for fayoum portrait available on tote bag
Dm for details

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2022-02-17

Here's some more misc. production art / development from AC: Origins for Unused mummy skin, Aya shield explorations, murals depicting the life of Alexander the Great in his tomb I had to mock up, Aya Fayoum portrait

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2021-12-23

Retour de National Geographic sur les magnifiques portraits du Fayoum ➡️ https://t.co/Dhn7w3TVus

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2020-10-20




The portraits were executed on panels of sycamore, cedar, pine, or acacia wood. Most of the panels are rectangular and are approximately 40cm high and 20cm wide. They were painted using the encaustic technique

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2020-04-27

تفاصيل زخارف و حشوات منبر مسجد قايتباى بمدينة الفيوم - القرن ال ١٥ الميلادى.
Star pattern decoration of the Minbar pulpit of Qaitbey Mosque (15th century AD) in Fayoum city. Inlaid with Ivory, the Minbar is considered as a masterpiece of Islamic Art.

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2020-01-15

On Saturday December 21st, crowds of tourists will witness the magnificent phenomenon of the sun aligning on the inner sanctum of Qasr Qaroun temple. The event which occurs annually for 3 hours, will start at 5 am and will last untill 8 am.

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2019-12-19

Les portraits de Fayoum sont un ensemble de peintures funéraires datant du Ier siècle jusqu'au IVe siècle de notre ère. Le portrait du défunt était inséré parmis les bandelettes au niveau du visage. En Égypte les traditions funéraires évoluent au contact des grecs & des romains.

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2019-10-03

Asma Fayoumi, contemporary Jordanian artist who was born in 1943

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2019-09-28

"Eyes"
Watercolor sketches for fayoum portraits ,2018

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2019-08-11

A fayoum portrait
Watercolor on paper

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2019-08-11

❤ elfayoum water_wheeles to deliver water for farming lands from Joseph canal (Known as yousef sea) 1915

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2019-08-02

Les portraits du du musée sont vraiment fascinants

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2019-07-17

Fayoum Mummy portrait of a man is back to life 😁
Incredible work by Matchbosch via Instagram 👏

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2019-04-05

Nouvelle Parution :
Trésors inattendus
Trente ans de fouilles et de coopération à Umm el-Breigât (Tebtynis - Fayoum)
par : Claudio Gallazzi, Gisèle Hadji-Minaglou
https://t.co/6iKzgYVpjI

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2019-02-17

Today in Wadi Rayan National Park and The Whales Valley. 5.1.19
Photos: by Me.

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2019-01-06