Faces of Forever: The Fayum Portraits

Step into a gallery where time dissolves. Our virtual exhibition “Faces of Forever: The Fayum Portraits” invites you to meet real people who lived along the Nile nearly 2,000 years ago. Painted on thin wooden panels and placed over mummies, these vivid likenesses were meant to guide their owners into the afterlife—yet they gaze back at us with a disarming, modern immediacy. What to expect A walk through Roman-era Egypt Glide between torch-lit colonnades, desert breezeways, and reconstructed Fayum workshops while spatial audio mixes market chatter with soft brushstrokes. Ultra-high-resolution portraits Zoom to pigment-grain level, rotate each panel in 3-D, and reveal the beeswax encaustic layers that give every face its glassy glow. Whether you’re an art lover, history buff, or VR newcomer, “Faces of Forever” turns museum glass into a living conversation with the ancient past—no Egyptology degree required.