Egypt: Site of Al Fayyum oasis (top center).

Portrait of a young man, c. 125-150 CE
(Staatliche Antikensammlung, Munich). Encaustic on wood; 37 x 20 cm.

Al Fayyum or El Faiyûm (Arabic: الفيوم ; from Coptic Efiom or Ph-iom or Fiûm, which means 'the Sea'), formerly Medinet al Fayyum (written in several different ways), is the capital of Al Fayyum Governorate, Egypt. It is located southwest of Cairo and occupies part of the ancient site of Crocodilopolis. Image File history File links Egypt-region-map-cities. ... Image File history File links Egypt-region-map-cities. ... Download high resolution version (886x1139, 238 KB)Large version of portrait for Gallery of Fayum mummy portraits. ... Download high resolution version (886x1139, 238 KB)Large version of portrait for Gallery of Fayum mummy portraits. ... Bavarian State Collection of Antiques The Staatliche Antikensammlung (State Collection of Antiques) in Munich is a museum for the Bavarian states antique collections for Greek, Etruscan and Roman art. ... Encaustic painting, also called hot wax painting, involves using heated beeswax to which colored pigments are added. ... A centimetre (American spelling centimeter, symbol cm) is a unit of length that is equal to one hundredth of a metre, the current SI base unit of length. ... Arabic ( or just ) is the largest living member of the Semitic language family in terms of speakers. ... Coptic is the most recent phase of ancient Egyptian. ... Al Fayyum (Arabic: ألفيوم ) is one of the governorates of Egypt located in the centre of the country. ... Nickname: Al Qahirah (The Triumphant City) Egypt: Site of Cairo (top center) Coordinates: Government  - Governor Dr. Abdul Azim Wazir Area  - City 214 km²  (82. ... Crocodilopolis or Krokodilopolis (Greek: ) or Ptolemais Euergetis or Arsinoe (Greek: ) was an ancient city in the Heptanomis, Egypt, the capital of Arsinoites nome, on the western bank of the Nile, between the river and the Lake Moeris, southwest of Memphis, in lat. ...

Al-Fayyum is an agricultural center with a population of about 166,910, and has several large bazaars, mosques, baths and a much-frequented weekly market. The Bahr Yusuf runs through the town, its banks lined with houses. There are two bridges over the stream: one of three arches, which carries the main street and bazaar, and one of two arches over which is built the Kait Bey mosque. Mounds north of the town mark the site of Arsinoe, known to the ancient Greeks as Crocodilopolis, where in ancient times the sacred crocodile kept in Lake Moeris was worshipped. In Ancient Hellenistic and Roman periods the region of Al-Fayyum was settled predominantly by Greeks^[1][2][3][4] who helped create a distinctive cultural milieu encompassing temple building projects and unusual sculpture.^[5] The Masjid al-Haram in Mecca as it exists today A mosque is a place of worship for followers of the Islamic faith. ... The Temple to Athena, the Parthenon Ancient Greece is a period in Greek history that lasted for around three thousand years. ... Crocodilopolis or Krokodilopolis (Greek: ) or Ptolemais Euergetis or Arsinoe (Greek: ) was an ancient city in the Heptanomis, Egypt, the capital of Arsinoites nome, on the western bank of the Nile, between the river and the Lake Moeris, southwest of Memphis, in lat. ... Genera Mecistops Crocodylus Osteolaemus See full taxonomy. ... The term Hellenistic (established by the German historian Johann Gustav Droysen) in the history of the ancient world is used to refer to the shift from a culture dominated by ethnic Greeks, however scattered geographically, to a culture dominated by Greek-speakers of whatever ethnicity, and from the political dominance... Roman or Romans may refer to: A thing or person of or from the city of Rome. ...

Fayum mummy portraits

Main article: Fayum mummy portraits

Al-Fayyum is the source of some famous mummy portraits painted by Greek artists^[6][7][8] during Hellenistic and Roman periods. The Fayum, or mummy, portraits are Egyptian only in that they are associated with essentially Egyptian burial customs. Painted on wood in a pigmented wax technique called encaustic technique, they represent mostly Greek inhabitants^[9][10] of Egypt. Seen properly in context, as in the complete mummy of Artemidorus (British Museum), they provide a strange epilogue to the funerary art of 3,000 years of pharaonic Egypt. The man in the image to the right wears simple Roman garb and has a hairstyle popular during Marcus Aurelius's reign. Portrait of a young woman, A.D. 110–20 Encaustic on wood; 43. ... A mummy is a corpse whose skin and dried flesh have been preserved by either intentional or accidental exposure to chemicals, extreme cold, very low humidity, or airlessness. ... The term Hellenistic (established by the German historian Johann Gustav Droysen) in the history of the ancient world is used to refer to the shift from a culture dominated by ethnic Greeks, however scattered geographically, to a culture dominated by Greek-speakers of whatever ethnicity, and from the political dominance... Motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus (SPQR) The Roman Empire at its greatest extent, c. ... candle wax This page is about the substance. ... Encaustic painting, also called hot wax painting, involves using heated beeswax to which colored pigments are added. ... Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus (April 26, 121[1] – March 17, 180) was Roman Emperor from 161 to his death. ...

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