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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

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

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