ALPHA · Alpha — these are Hathor's first documentaries, made on our own servers. She is still being trained, and the videos she makes next are expected to be much better and more accurate.
Faces of Roman Egypt: the Fayum Portraits
Painted faces laid over mummies in Roman Egypt — real people, looking back at us across two thousand years.
Chapters
On-screen text
- 0:07 Roman Egypt, c. AD 100
- 0:30 Portraits painted on wood, placed over mummies Historical record · Fayum mummy portraits (British Museum; Metropolitan Museum)
- 1:02 Mixed peoples in Roman Egyptian fashion Historical record · Fayum mummy portraits (British Museum; Metropolitan Museum)
- 1:34 Who walked here?
- 2:06 Fayum, Roman Egypt
- 2:38 How were these raised?
- 3:10 Mixed Egyptian, Greek, Roman faces
- 3:34 Encaustic
- 3:48 Painted with hot wax pigment mix
- 4:15 Fayum, Roman Egypt Tradition / scripture
- 4:51 British Museum, Metropolitan Museum Historical record · Fayum mummy portraits (British Museum; Metropolitan Museum)
- 6:08 Hawara
- 6:36 Hawara, Roman Egypt
- 6:52 How were these faces preserved? The Institute's interpretation
- 7:34 Flinders Petrie found many portrait mummies Historical record · Hawara excavations (Petrie)
- 8:30 Who walked here? The Institute's interpretation
Sources
Historical record: Fayum mummy portraits (British Museum; Metropolitan Museum) · Hawara excavations (Petrie)
Sound: synthesized ambient (wind, drone, water) (CC0 — made by SoapBox). Made in 264 s of CPU.
Scenes Hathor has no parts for yet (2) — the next things to make
- apprentice watching, eyes focused, hand hovering over a palette, learning technique as the master paints.
- Black screen fades in, a faint brushstroke sound lingers, leaving the viewer with the memory of the faces.