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The word labyrinth comes from the Greek labyrinthos and describes any maze-like structure with a single path through it which differentiates it from an actual maze which may have multiple paths intricately linked. Etymologically the word...

Mummy portrait from the Tomb of Aline, Hawara. Early Roman Period of Egypt, c. 24 CE. Neues Museum, Berlin. The Tomb of Aline was unearthed in 1892 by the German archaeologist Richard von Kaufmann. A hewn stele carved with a Greek inscription...

Mummy portrait of a young woman, 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). The Petrie Museum has the largest...

Visualization showing the skeleton of a young child, Roman period, about 40-60 C.E., Hawara, Egypt, EA 22108.

The Faiyum (also given as Fayoum, Fayum, and Faiyum Oasis) was a region of ancient Egypt known for its fertility and the abundance of plant and animal life. Located 62 miles (100 kilometers) south of Memphis (modern Cairo), the Faiyum was...

Mummy portrait of Lady Aline, from Hawara, Egypt, c. 24 CE. Neues Museum, Berlin. The Tomb of Aline is an ancient Egyptian grave from the time of Roman emperor Tiberius (r. 14-37 CE), excavated at Hawara in 1892. The portrait is painted...

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...

This girl, 6 or 7 years old at the time of death, was one of Aline's daughters and was found in the Tomb of Aline at Hawara, Faiyum, Egypt. The mummies of this girl and her father (Aline's husband) were covered with a mummy masks, not with...

The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal) is currently hosting the North American premiere of the exhibition Egyptian Mummies: Exploring Ancient Lives. Visitors can meet six mummies who lived in ancient...

The Fayum mummy portraits were lifelike images painted on thin wooden panels and placed directly over the mummy in Roman Egypt. The vast majority of them date to the 1st and 2nd centuries CE. Hundreds of mummy portraits have been excavated...