Unraveling the mysteries of ancient Egypt's spellbinding mummy portraits

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While ancient Egyptian mummy portraits have long been objects of curiosity, only a minimal amount of scholarship exists about them. Many questions have lingered since they were uncovered by archeologists around the Egyptian city of Fayum in the late 1800s.

Unraveling the mysteries of ancient Egypt's spellbinding mummy portraits