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The lifelike Fayum mummy portraits of Roman Egypt, 100 BC-200 AD
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rarehistoricalphotos.com
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lifeisstillgood
on May 17, 2022
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vondur
on May 18, 2022
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I was recently at the Getty Villa where they have many of these in display. Really fascinating to see such realistic paintings of people from ancient times. Egypt at this time period was such a diverse mixture of people.
mrlonglong
on May 18, 2022
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Fascinating to see what people really looked like two thousand years ago. Very much like the Greeks and middle East people nowadays.
mark_l_watson
on May 18, 2022
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That was eerie and cool. Just shared link with some friends.
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