The Mysterious Fayum Portraits by Euphrosyne Doxiadis animals Includes a loosely inserted essay

Includes a loosely inserted essay in French "Comment Materialiser Sous Forme visible et concrete by Peggy Gale

the Antiquities Development Project of the American Research Center in Egypt began the conservation of the paintings in the church

speak to me as an artist…let me live with these people as an artist…let me live with these people

Carpet-making is one of this tumultuous region's few constants

offered painting lessons in her home

The Mysterious Fayum Portraits by Euphrosyne Doxiadis animals Includes a loosely inserted essayThe Mysterious Fayum Portraits: Faces from Ancient Egypt by Euphrosyne Doxiadis folio. pp. 256. profusely illustrated. hardcover. dw. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1995. New in publisher's shrink wrap. ISBN 10: 0810933314 ISBN 13: 9780810933316 ________________________________________________________________________________________________ In the first three centuries A. D., in a fertile district of Roman Egypt called the Fayum, a diverse community of