Herakleides: A Portrait Mummy from Roman Egypt

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Herakleides was once a young man who lived and died in Roman Egypt almost two thousand years ago. This multidisciplinary study of his mummy, which is in the J. Paul Getty Museum’s collection and on view at the Getty Villa, highlights the funerary practices and spiritual beliefs of his world. Through state of the art technology Getty conservators, working with professionals from more than a few other disciplines, sought to decide if the portrait over the mummy’s face in reality depicted the mummified remains, if precious jewels or amulets were present within the wrappings, and if the age of the mummy could be made up our minds. The investigation was once carried out without unwrapping the mummy.

The iconographic symbols decorating the red-painted shroud of Herakleides depict gods and goddesses in addition to express a desire for an eternal afterlife. Such concepts, popularly associated with ancient Egypt, remained influential into the time of the Roman Empire. The book concludes by comparing the data from the mummy of Herakleides to in a similar fashion decorated red-shrouded portrait mummies in collections around the world.

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