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Facing the Dead? Framing Mummy Panels from Hawara
By Campbell Price
Among the most popular objects in many museum archaeology displays, the lifelike mummy panel portraits from Graeco-Roman Egypt hold a special place in the history of representing the human face. Read more here.

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