Fayoum Portraits

Some pictures of the Fayoum portraits that date back to the Roman era

 It is a group of paintings that were painted on wood and then installed on the face of the mummy. These portraits were found throughout Egypt, but the largest group was found in Fayoum, and it is widely believed that this photography was used as a mask (mask) on the mummies in order to identify  On him, therefore, he drew a match for the original form of the deceased, which dates back to the first century BC and continued until the third century AD in Egypt during the period of Roman rule. After that date, Coptic Christian icons began to appear, which are an extension of the Fayoum portraits.

 Of course, Fayoum portraits is the modern name for this group of paintings that have been found all over Egypt, but most of them were found in Fayoum, so I took the name of Fayoum Portraits.

 The artist excelled in depicting the features and details of the deceased through the eyes, which were often overshadowed by faint sadness.

Akhenaten and Nefertiti Their life was like a dream of paradise on earth

  A loving couple ruled Egypt and gave its people tranquility and happiness

  Nefertiti was the most beautiful woman in the kingdom, and Akhenaten the greatest dreamer in history

  Until the dream ended in disaster

  The features of the royal couple were destroyed

  The priests declared that Akhenaten was a heretic.

 He also discarded the royal tomb

Pipi ll

Child II (Nefer Ka-Ra) 2278 BC - PEPY II 

Bibi II governed in the Sixth Dynasty after the passing of his relative, King Mary 

Maniton said that he arrived at the seat at six years old years and that he administered 94 years and this figure is the subject of contention by some Egyptian researchers who are probably going to lead 64 years and by and large the standard of Pepe II is the longest rule of an old Egyptian ruler .. He took power when he was youthful and his mom was His uncle, Prince Zhao and a clergyman simultaneously, had the high ground in running the nation 

The name of King Pepe II was related with the missions he had shipped off the south by the head of the Elephantine rulers. 

Egypt was in this period needing the amazing lord, who has the influence and position to get control over the legislative heads of the areas, whose reliability to the focal government debilitated and their dependability to themselves to acquire more influence and cash without regard for the states of their consideration, however King Bibi was not solid and consequently couldn't release Under these conditions, disarray spread all through the nation and there was no casualty except for the laborer and the workers who had tasted both. or on the other hand A social upset in the entire world finished the condition of debasement and disarray not long after his passing 

The lord was covered in a pyramid in Saqqara encompassed by pyramids of certain sovereigns 

Image of a sculpture of alabaster of the Ankh of Assen Bibi and her child Bibi

Mummy of grandfather Ptah

                                                         Mummy of grandfather Ptah
The grandfather of Ptah served as a "priest / servant of Amun" during the reign of King Sheshonq I of the 22nd Dynasty. This prominent position during the 22nd Dynasty was not a religious position but was used by the Libyan generals to control the Taybeh region in Upper Egypt, and at the same time ruled Lower Egypt. Before other kings in Tanis .... there were marriage relations between the two houses, which were necessary to maintain peace in Egypt, where neither of them seemed strong enough to control the entire country
Jed Ptah was buried in a cache in Deir el-Bahari
The mummy is in very good condition The examination has shown that the priest died at a very young age.
Now in the Egypti

an Museum, Cairo

ISIS

Isis / Isis The story of the ancient Egyptian lady and the mother of the Egyptians, where the ancient Egyptians considered Isis a symbol that embodies the image of the ideal mother and the wife at the same time, she is the wife of Ozer and the mother of Horus. The Egyptians thought that the Nile was flooded because of tears that she shed with grief over the death of her husband, But Isis transformed herself into a bird and gathered the parts of her husband's body scattered in more than one part of the earth. The Spirit returned to him to have her son, Horus, bequeathed to him and he was the heir. Only to rule

detail from the stela of Haya, XIX Dynasty; now in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Wien...
Haya pouring water on the offerings (represented upon the 'Ka'-standard serving as an offering table) and burning incense before Osiris enthroned; behind Him, Isis, Horus son of Osiris, and Upuaut

Jerk Thoth in the shape of a bird wearing a crown Atef Alaepas

Wood, silver, glass and plaster

Late Period

Vienna Museum