In the late 19th century and early 20th century, British egyptologist Flinders Petrie excavated at least 150 mummy portraits at a Roman necropolis in in Fayoum's archeological site of Hawara.

The portraits, created during Egypt's Roman period (30 B.C. to A.D. 395), often depict individuals with European heritage, who moved to the area following Alexander the Great's rule, the ...

One portrait of a mummy discovered Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities 2022-12-10T15:04:12Z Share ... (305–30 B.C.) through to the Roman era ...

Mummy portraits, often painted on wooden panels, were made during the Roman period in Egypt, from the 1st to the 4th century AD, and placed over the faces of mummified persons.

However, the new mummy portraits are undeniably the dig’s most groundbreaking discovery—the first to appear since English archaeologist Flinders Petrie found 146 such portraits at a Roman ...

Flinders Petrie, an English archaeologist was the last to find similar artwork, he discovered 146 mummy portraits at a Roman cemetery in 1911, according to Artnet News.. The findings are from a ...

Egypt discovers first royal tomb in over a century 00:35. Sarcophagus lids, a Greco-Roman portrait and fragments of what is believed to be a temple of Queen Hatshepsut were among 25 rare artifacts ...

A huge 2,300-year-old funerary building and a number of mummy portraits were discovered in Egypt's southern province of Fayoum, about 37 miles (60 kilometers) south of Cairo, the country's ...

A huge 2,300-year-old funerary building and a number of mummy portraits were discovered in Egypt's southern province of Fayoum, about 37 miles (60 kilometers) south of Cairo, the country's antiquities ...

A huge 2,300-year-old funerary building and a number of mummy portraits were discovered in Egypt's southern province of Fayoum, about 37 miles (60 kilometers) south of Cairo, the country's antiquities ...