Mummy Portraits of Roman Egypt, Volume 2: Emerging Research from the APPEAR Project

$75.00 at The Getty Museum.

Edited by Marie Svoboda and Caroline Cartwright This open-access publication presents new research on ancient Romano-Egyptian mummy portraits, including examinations of artifacts never previously studied.Nearly a thousand funerary portraits from Roman Egypt, once interred with mummified remains, survive in museums around the world. These fascinating paintings offer the unparalleled opportunity for viewers to come face-to-face with people who lived and died some two thousand years ago.The international…