Fayum (or Faiyum) Mummy Portraits of Egypt
painted between roughly 50 BCE and 250 CE
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Fayum (or Faiyum) Mummy Portraits of Egypt
painted between roughly 50 BCE and 250 CE
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Young boy, identified by inscription as Eutyches, dating to the Roman Period, 2nd century C.E., encaustic on wood
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The one on the left looks like if you breathed just right he would come to life.
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Remind me of scene in Fellini's "Roma" where, digging a tunnel, they come upon a room of frescoes, soon destroyed by borer.
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If only it were possible to hit the favorite button a dozen times - these portraits never fail to inspire and astound
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