The nose might give the man up as a Roman; the substantial bridge being a feature of the Italian race still today.

The remarkable Roman Egypt-era work represents some the earliest realistic portrait paintings still in existence today.

A huge funerary building has been excavated by researchers at the Gerza archaeological site in Fayum, Egypt. Rare artifacts were discovered, but a collection of mummy portraits represent the first ...

That’s the central question in the first teaser for director Lee Cronin’s “The Mummy,” a twisted reboot of the classic horror franchise. This take on the undead follows the daughter of a journalist ...

A self-portrait by Mexican artist Frida Kahlo has become the most valuable work by a female artist sold at auction after selling for $54.7 million. Kahlo’s surrealist self portrait, which was sold by ...

Who is she, this little mummy girl? Northwestern University scientists and students are working to unravel some of her mysteries, including how her body was prepared 1,900 years ago in Egypt, what ...

Amherst, MA – Lila (Wershof) Shanor Rountree was born on June 19, 1931 in New York, NY to Anne (Bellin) and Stanley Mendel Wershof. She died peacefully on April 11, 2025 at her home in Amherst. Lila ...

One of the favorite colors of the Pre-Raphaelite painters was called Mummy Brown — and not out of joking affection. It was a warm pigment made from the bitumen used by ancient Egyptians to embalm ...

Award-winning portrait artist and educator Steve Forster is bringing decades of experience to the page with his new book, “Painting Luminous Portraits for Artists”, publishing Aug. 26. The Glen ...