A Monumental Engineering Feat That Took Nearly Two Decades

Mae Sharifi on Instagram: "Who were the people depicted in Fayum portraits? Well you would get a different answer depending on the person being questioned. If you asked them, they might have said Greek, since they spoke the language and descended from Greek settlers of the Ptolemaic era. From a Roman perspective, they could be seen as Egyptian, having intermarried with native Egyptians and lived in Egypt for generations. To outsiders beyond the Roman Empire, they might have appeared Roman, as th