Christina Riggs is Curator of Egyptology, The Manchester Museum, University of Manchester.

This study...takes a highly original approach and is important contribution to the topic...It is lavishly illustrated...an exciting reading with many original observations...this work is a tremendous importance for the study of the funerary art of Roman Egypt.

• 1. Introduction: Art, Identity, and Funerary Religion ; 2. Osiris, Hathor, and the Gendered Dead ; 3. Portraying the Dead ; 4. The Funerary Art of Western Thebes ; 5. Conclusions: The 'Beautiful Burial' in Roman Egypt

Christina Riggs is Curator of Egyptology, The Manchester Museum, University of Manchester.

This study...takes a highly original approach and is important contribution to the topic...It is lavishly illustrated...an exciting reading with many original observations...this work is a tremendous importance for the study of the funerary art of Roman Egypt.

• 1. Introduction: Art, Identity, and Funerary Religion ; 2. Osiris, Hathor, and the Gendered Dead ; 3. Portraying the Dead ; 4. The Funerary Art of Western Thebes ; 5. Conclusions: The 'Beautiful Burial' in Roman Egypt

Christina Riggs is Curator of Egyptology, The Manchester Museum, University of Manchester.

This study...takes a highly original approach and is important contribution to the topic...It is lavishly illustrated...an exciting reading with many original observations...this work is a tremendous importance for the study of the funerary art of Roman Egypt.

• 1. Introduction: Art, Identity, and Funerary Religion ; 2. Osiris, Hathor, and the Gendered Dead ; 3. Portraying the Dead ; 4. The Funerary Art of Western Thebes ; 5. Conclusions: The 'Beautiful Burial' in Roman Egypt