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This unidentified man was wrapped in a painted and inscribed shroud and provided with small amulets of gilded wood, threaded on a frame. From Egypt. Roman Period, after 30 BCE. (The British Museum, London)

Saltman no 4. Currently on display in the Zanjan Museum, Iran. (Image 6)

Saltman No. 2, currently on display in Zanjan Musem. (Image 3)

Visualization showing the skeleton of a young child, from Hawara, Roman Egypt, about 40-60 CE. Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.

The case is reconstructed from reused pieces of papyrus on which traces of writings are still visible. The plaster exterior surface represents the dead woman dressed in a pink undertunic, a 2nd tunic which is colored blue with red stripes...

The constructional details of this case are not fully visible, but the materials used included linen and plant fibers. A painted bed-net on a pink background imitates the garment often shown worn by Osiris. The modeled arms and hands grasping...

The name of the boy was written in Demotic and appears below the left hand. He wears a short tunic with a cloak wrapped around the waist and draped over the left shoulder from behind. From Akhmim, Egypt. Graeco-Roman, 1st century BCE to 1st...

This case is made from mud mixed with straw or chaff, with an outer skin of textile and an inner coating of plaster. The decoration is traditional Egyptian style, the surface is painted to represent a bead-net incorporating a collar, with...

These Roman mummy masks come from ancient Egypt. They date from the 1st-2nd century CE, and they painted and made from plaster. (Pushkin Museum, Moscow)

This is a mummy mask of Aline's husband. His right hand grasps what appears to be a wreath or garland of rose petals. His arms are wrapped in a toga. The eyebrows are painted (not made of glass) while the eyeballs are made of white and black...