(ANSA) - ROME, 03 NOV - The biggest ever show in Italy of ancient Roman-Egyptian Fayum mummy portraits is set to wow visitors ...

Nearly 50 painted mummy portraits from Roman Egypt go on show at Rome's Ara Pacis museum this week, led by a double portrait ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Detail of a Fayum funerary portrait that will go up for sale at Sotheby's New York as part of its Old Masters sales. - Courtesy ...

CAIRO — Egypt unveiled Sunday a restored version of the “Tondo of the Two Brothers,” a prized 2nd-century painting from the famed Fayoum portraits. Specialists from Rome worked alongside conservators ...

ROME.- Nearly 2,000 years after their creation, the painted faces of men, women, and children from Roman Egypt are meeting the public once again in an extraordinary exhibition at ...

NEW YORK — A rare mummy portrait from Roman Egypt is set to be auctioned next week. This unique piece features a modern-looking man with hazel eyes and graying hair. According to a report from CNN, ...

Fayum portraits are among the most striking surviving depictions of people from the ancient world. Painted mainly on thin ...

Egypt unveiled on Oct. 11 a restored version of the “Tondo of the Two Brothers,” a prized second-century painting from the famed Fayoum portraits. Specialists from Rome worked alongside conservators ...

Fayoum portraits 'Tondo Of The Two Brothers', Egyptian icons from the Greco-Roman period the 1st century BC, are displayed at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Egypt. Photo: AP Egypt unveiled on Sunday a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fayoum portraits, "Tondo of the Two Brothers", Egyptian icons from the Greco-Roman period the 1st century BC, are displayed at the ...