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behind-the-scenes access to the archaeological discovery of Egypt

“This is a book that would complement every paintings conservators’ library

The mosaic reproduces a first century pavement from the Villa dei Papiri at Herculaneum

offers a lively analysis of social life in the 1700s

Mummy Portraits of Roman Egypt, Volume 2: Emerging Research from the APPEAR Project creative learning Indiana UniversityEdited 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