Fayum Mummy Portraits - Gallery of Images

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Faiyum mummy portrait of a young man. Antikensammlungen Munich.
Portrait of a boy from Faiyum, National Museum in Warsaw.
Portrait of a woman, on display at the Museo Egizio.
Portrait of a man holding a plant, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Dijon.
Portrait of a woman, Louvre.
Portrait of a boy, identified by inscription as Eutyches, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Portrait of a man, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Reconstruction based on the skull found in the mummy Edinburgh, MoS 1911.210.1 in the Royal Museum of Scotland
Portrait of bearded man Edinburgh, MoS 1911.210.1, Royal Museum of Scotland

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