Vibrant Mummy Portraits Unearthed in Fayoum After Century-Long Search

During an excavation in the town of Jirzah near Fayoum, a team of Egyptian archaeologists unearthed the first full-colour mummy portraits to be found in over a century amidst the ruins of the ancient city of Philadelphia.

The discovery was made within a large funerary complex dating back to the Ptolemaic and Roman eras, where they also found a terracotta statue of Isis-Aphrodite alongside a number of sarcophagi, clay vessels, jars, the remains of four pillars, and some Papyrus transcripts.