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Of the portraits themselves, and their sitters, who lived in the first couple of
centuries ad, we know a bit more. Many were the descendants ofGreeks, of
mercenaries who fought for Alexander the Great and the early Ptolemaic ... the
portraits were buried with their sitters, and have been found all along the
Egyptian Nile, from Fayum, near the delta, to Thebes in the south. Descendants
of settlers, the subjects of the paintings were dedicated followers of Roman
fashion, young men and kids ...
Of the portraits themselves, and their sitters, who lived in the first couple of
centuries ad, we know a bit more. Many were the descendants ofGreeks, of
mercenaries who fought for Alexander the Great and the early Ptolemaic ... the
portraits were buried with their sitters, and have been found all along the
Egyptian Nile, from Fayum, near the delta, to Thebes in the south. Descendants
of settlers, the subjects of the paintings were dedicated followers of Roman
fashion, young men and kids ...
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