North of the pyramid of Hawara, a vast necropolis where he found 146 portraits on coffins dating to the Roman period, famous as being among the very few surviving examples of painted portraits from Classical Antiquity, the \"Fayoum portraits\" illustrated in Roman history textbooks. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawara
Omgeving:
Locatie:
- Egypte, ‘Izbat Sa‘d Abū Diyāb
- geo:29.27412,30.898766
- Locatie ± 5-25 m.
Classificatie:
- Graf (-veld)
- Zichtbaar
Identifiers:
- vici:place=10965
- wikidata:entity=Q15073084
Annotaties
Relevante musea
National Archaeological Museum, Athens
National Archaeological Museum, Athens
München, Staatliches Museum Ägyptischer Kunst
München, Staatliches Museum Ägyptischer Kunst
Berlin, Neues Museum
Berlin, Neues Museum
Copenhagen, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
Copenhagen, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
Allard Pierson Museum
Het Allard Pierson Museum is het archeologisch museum van de Universiteit van Amsterdam.
In de buurt
Pyramid of Amenemhet III at Hawara
Amenemhet III built his second pyramid near Oasis Fayoum
Labyrinth of Amenemhet III
Remains of the funerery temple, made of sun dry mud bricks is now badly damage - Herodothus Labirynth
Szedet - Arsinoe - Crocodilopolis (6 km)
Coptic Phiom. Ancient city in the Faiyum Oasis [Fayum, Faijum, Fajum or Fajjum]