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Carole Raddato
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published on 05 March 2014
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Mummy portrait of a woman, known as "L'Européenne" painted on wooden board (encaustic wax paintings), from Antinoopolis (Antinoe), Egypt, 120-130 CE.

Louvre Museum, Paris.

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Carole Raddato
Carole maintains the popular ancient history photo-blog Following Hadrian, where she travels the world in the footsteps of emperor Hadrian.

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Raddato, C. (2014, March 05). Mummy Portrait of a Woman. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/2346/mummy-portrait-of-a-woman/

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Raddato, Carole. "Mummy Portrait of a Woman." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified March 05, 2014. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/2346/mummy-portrait-of-a-woman/.

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