<P> Mummy portraits or Fayum mummy portraits ( also Faiyum mummy portraits ) is the modern term given to a type of naturalistic painted portrait on wooden boards attached to Egyptian mummies from Roman Egypt . They belong to the tradition of panel painting , one of the most highly regarded forms of art in the Classical world . In fact , the Fayum portraits are the only large body of art from that tradition to have survived . </P>
<P> Mummy portraits or Fayum mummy portraits ( also Faiyum mummy portraits ) is the modern term given to a type of naturalistic painted portrait on wooden boards attached to Egyptian mummies from Roman Egypt . They belong to the tradition of panel painting , one of the most highly regarded forms of art in the Classical world . In fact , the Fayum portraits are the only large body of art from that tradition to have survived . </P>
naturalistic encaustic portraits of the roman era from the fayum oasis in egypt were created as
naturalistic encaustic portraits of the roman era from the fayum oasis in egypt were created as
Fayum mummy portraits
Fayum mummy portraits