Above his golden cheeks, Tutankhamen has blue petals of lapis lazuli in imitation of the kohl make-up he would have worn in life. [pic] However, the masks of ancient Egypt were not the only funerary masks that existed in art history. Many other nations used funerary masks for similar purposes. During the period of Roman occupation in Eqypt, there were alternatives to the cartonnage or plaster mask...
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During the period of Roman occupation in Eqypt, there were alternatives to the cartonnage or plaster mask. During this period, Fayoum portraits were introduced and were first excavated in 1888. Specialists in Graeco-Roman art regarded them as Egyptian, but Egyptologists considered them to be works of the early years of the Christian era when Egypt was under Roman occupation...
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