They were described as "portions of mummy portraits from the Fayoum Egypt" on page 573 of the second ... made to eternalize individuals even after death, and the intrigue proves that they have ...

The important finds from his excavations include mummy portraits, gabled-roof coffins ... The Ptolemies were a dynasty of Macedonian pharaohs who ruled Egypt from the death of Alexander the Great (323 ...

Sculpted during Egypt’s New ... It is a piece of funerary artwork variously identified by scholars as Queen Nefertiti or ...

Excavating a vast cemetery from the first and second centuries A.D., when imperial Rome ruled Egypt, he found scores of exquisite portraits executed on wood panels by anonymous artists ...

The Egyptian funerary boat on display at the Ure Museum is a typical tomb offering from ancient Egypt, and symbolizes the transport of the dead person or their soul, from life to the afterlife.