How old are Fayum mummy portraits?
Stephen Quirke, an Egyptologist at the Petrie museum and a contributor to the museum’s 2007 catalog Living Images, says the Fayum paintings may be equated with those of an old master—only they’re about 1,500 years older. What was the purpose of Fayum mummy portraits? Fayum mummy portraits are a little different. Produced only for the…