Their faces draw you in — big, expressive eyes staring out as if they’ve been frozen in the act of remembering something important. Painted on wooden panels and placed over the faces of mummified ...

New Greek and Roman archaeological discoveries including a funerary building, portraits, mummies, and statues were made in ...

For many artists, the most challenging subject to master is the human face. The fault lies not in any intrinsic element of our features themselves – though our foreheads, eyes, cheeks, noses, mouths, ...

"This publication is issued in conjunction with the exhibition ... held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, from February 15-through May 7, 2000"--T.p. verso. Includes more than forty ...

ALEXANDRIA, Egypt (Reuters) - In a small studio littered with empty cigarette packets in Egypt's second city, Alexandria, Abdelrahman al-Habrouk sits hunched over a sheet of paper making portraits ...

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