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Ancient Faces: Mummy Portraits in Roman Egypt
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Ancient Faces: Mummy Portraits in Roman Egypt Hardcover - 2000

by Susan Walker (Editor)

Published to coincide with a new major exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, this book is a comprehensive, up-to-date survey of newly discovered painted portraits of mummies dating from the later period of Roman rule in Egypt, shortly before the birth of Christ. 200 illustrations, most in color.


First line

The mummy portraits of Roman Egypt were the product of a fusion of two traditions, that of pharaonic Egypt and that of the Classical world.

Details

  • Title Ancient Faces: Mummy Portraits in Roman Egypt
  • Author Susan Walker (Editor)
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition 1st Ed
  • Pages 168
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Routledge, NY:
  • Date February 2000
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Concordance, Glossary, Illustrated, Maps
  • ISBN 9780415927444 / 0415927447
  • Weight 2.35 lbs (1.07 kg)
  • Dimensions 11.23 x 9.04 x 0.77 in (28.52 x 22.96 x 1.96 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
    • Cultural Region: North Africa
  • Library of Congress subjects Romans - Egypt, Egypt - Antiquities, Roman
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 99058352
  • Dewey Decimal Code 757.093

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Citations

  • Library Journal, 04/01/2000, Page 94

About the author

Susan Walker is Deputy Keeper of the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, the British Museum. Her publications include Greek and Roman Portraits and RomanArt.