ancientart: A portrait of an Egyptian noblewoman who lived ca. 150 BC. From Egypt, encaustic on wood. Egyptian Roman Period mummy portraits were painted on wooden panels that were slipped into the mummy wrappings over the face of the deceased. Often, as here, the artists used melted wax as a medium, building up thick layers of pigment and... - http://jenn2d2.tumblr.com/post...