Ancient faces
Subtitle: mummy portraits from Roman Egypt
By: Susan Walker and Morris Bierbrier ; with Paul Roberts and John Taylor.
Contributors: Walker, Susan.; Bierbrier, M. L.; Roberts, Paul, 1961-; Taylor, John H., 1958-; British Museum. Dept. of Egyptian Antiquities.
Publisher: Published for the Trustees of the British Museum by the British Museum Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
Subjects: British Museum. Dept. of Egyptian Antiquities -- Exhibitions.; Mummy portraits -- Egypt -- Exhibitions.; Portraits, Egyptian -- Exhibitions.; Portraits, Roman -- Egypt -- Exhibitions.; Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient -- Egypt -- Exhibitions.; Mummy portraits -- England -- London -- Exhibitions.; Egypt -- Antiquities, Roman -- Exhibitions.
Genres: Exhibitions.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 216).
"This volume also serves as Part IV of A Catalogue of the Roman Portraits in the British Museum"
The majority of portraits in this exhibition are from the British Museum.