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"Mummy portraits or Fayum mummy portraits (also Faiyum mummy portraits) are a type of naturalistic painted portrait on wooden boards attached to Upper class mummies from Roman Egypt. They belong to the tradition of panel painting, one of the most highly regarded forms of art in the Classical world. The Fayum portraits are the only large body of art from that tradition to have survived."  Wikipedia - Read More  

Fayum mummy portrait female
The family of Roman Emperor Septimius Severus
Two brothers, from Fayum, Egypt. 2nd c. A.D.
Mummy Portrait of a Bearded Man
Fayum mummy portrait of Ammonius
Portrait d’homme barbu (Portrait of a bearded man)
Fayoum 54
Fayum Funeral Portrait
A Painted Wood Fayum Portrait of a Man