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[https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/egyptian-mummy-portraits by Alexxa Gotthardt 17/4/19 CNN] | [https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/egyptian-mummy-portraits by Alexxa Gotthardt 17/4/19 CNN] | ||
While ancient Egyptian mummy portraits have long been objects of curiosity, only a minimal amount of scholarship exists about them. Many questions have lingered since they were uncovered by archeologists around the Egyptian city of Fayum in the late 1800s. | While ancient Egyptian mummy portraits have long been objects of curiosity, only a minimal amount of scholarship exists about them. Many questions have lingered since they were uncovered by archeologists around the Egyptian city of Fayum in the late 1800s. | ||
=====Egyptian Faience: Technology and Production===== | |||
[https://www.metmuseum.org/essays/egyptian-faience-technology-and-production by Carolyn Riccardelli 1/12/17 THE MET] | |||
In ancient Egypt, objects created with faience were considered magical, filled with the undying shimmer of the sun, and imbued with the powers of rebirth. For Egyptians, the sculptures, vessels, jewelry, and ritual objects made of faience glimmered with the brilliance of eternity. While faience is made of common materials—quartz, alkaline salts, lime, and mineral-based colorants—it maintained important status among precious stones and metals. | |||
