Mummy Portraits from the Greco-Roman Period

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Mummy Portraits from the Greco-Roman Period
A collection of images from museums around the world curated via the Google Cultural Institute.
https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/u/0/user-gallery/mummy-portraits/qwIyyzb7nJHmJg

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  1. atum hotep23 September 2016 at 17:22

    Very shotty embalming work by native ta-nahesye dynasty standards.

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  2. Aakheperure Merytsekhmet23 September 2016 at 20:03

    atum hotep It is an example of how practices changed, the inclusion of a 'realistic' portrait (some are better than others) instead of an idealised one, elaborate wrapping at the expense of embalming, and leaving mummies standing in courtyards until there were enough family members to bury are some of the features of Late Period mummies that differentiate them from other periods.

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