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by Arienne King
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Encaustic Mummy Portrait, Hawara

by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
published on 28 March 2016

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Encaustic Mummy Portrait, Hawara — View Full-Size Image

Mummy portrait of a man known as Petrie's "red youth" from Hawara cemetery, Egypt. 1st-2nd centuries CE.

The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, London (with thanks to The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, UCL).

This man has a curly light beard and a mustache. It appears that a sharp tool was used to delineate the shape of the face, ears, and eyebrows.

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