[PHOTO] Five photos of Fayum portraits at the Met (@metmuseum)

[rfmcdonald]

The Metropolitan Museum of Art has a fantastic display of Fayum mummy portraits, samples of Roman portraiture preserved by the dry climate of ancient Egypt. Here, the people of the past look at us.

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[sovay]

Here, the people of the past look at us.

Thank you for these. I love mummy portraits. There are a couple at the MFA in Boston.