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The Mysterious Fayum Portraits: Faces from Ancient Egypt by Euphrosyne Doxiadis (Hardcover, 1995)
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The Fayum portraits were created by the people of a flourishing district of Roman Egypt during the first three centuries AD. In the old Egyptian tradition, these people embalmed the bodies of their dead, but then they placed over the mummy, a painted portrait to preserve the memory of each individual. Over 1000 portraits have so far been discovered of men, women and children. This book features over 100 of these ancient paintings. The explanatory text sets the people and the paintings in their social, artistic and geographical context, and describes the artistic techniques used in their creation.Product Identifiers
PublisherThames & Hudson LTD
ISBN-139780500237137
eBay Product ID (ePID)87163527
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Book TitleThe Mysterious Fayum Portraits: Faces from Ancient Egypt
AuthorEuphrosyne Doxiadis
FormatHardcover
LanguageEnglish
TopicReligious History
Publication Year1995
Number of Pages248 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height320mm
Item Width240mm
Item Weight1890g
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Title_AuthorEuphrosyne Doxiadis
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
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- 25 Nov, 2020
Another world!
Very informative. A comprehensive analysis of these amazing romano-egyptian funeral portraits. Comprehensive and good quality reproductions. This book brings you back into a world we normally only see in stone or in writtings. To see the faces is spell binding.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
