KnowraFayum mummy portraitsLinked fromLinked fromThe 9 pages that link to Fayum mummy portraits, each with the reason it gives.All 9Broader topic 6Related 3Portrait paintingBroader topic: They are among the best-preserved examples of ancient painted individual likenesses.Roman EgyptBroader topic: They show how Egyptian burial practices incorporated portrait styles and materials from the wider Roman world.Encaustic paintingBroader topic: Many were made with encaustic and preserve its luminous surface.Panel paintingBroader topic: Many were painted on thin wooden panels using encaustic or tempera.PortraitureBroader topic: They preserve striking examples of individualized portraiture from the first centuries CE.Late antique artBroader topic: These portraits preserve a vivid meeting of Egyptian funerary practice and Greco-Roman painting.