A Northwestern University research team has taken CSI to a whole new level: employing sophisticated scientific tools to investigate details of the materials and methods used by Roman-Egyptian artists ...

In the early first millennium, many mummies in Egypt were affixed with lifelike portraits showcasing the deceased's once-vivid eyes, styled hair and elaborate jewelry. Over the past few centuries, ...

The Bowdoin College Museum of Art recently added to its collections an Egyptian portrait created nearly 2,000 years ago. Painted on a thin wooden panel, the portrait of a young man adorned with a ...

Many of the most vivid portraits from the ancient world are not of emperors, but rather of local elites that lived in Roman Egypt. The dry climate of the province helped to preserve stunning portraits ...

Some two decades ago, the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery acquired a 19th-century album featuring 2,000 paper portrait silhouettes, including those of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, ...

Sometimes, a simple scroll can turn into a miraculous discovery. That was the case for British art historian Adam Busiakiewicz, who was scrolling through X when he noticed something that stood out to ...

Their faces draw you in — big, expressive eyes staring out as if they’ve been frozen in the act of remembering something important. Painted on wooden panels and placed over the faces of mummified ...

For the first time in 50 years, archaeologists have discovered Fayum mummy portraits at an ancient Egyptian site. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here ...

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