Marie Svoboda is conservator of antiquities at the J. Paul Getty Museum.Caroline Cartwright is senior scientist in the Department of Scientific Research at the British Museum.

The second volume of Mummy Portraits of Roman Egypt yieldsfurther rich insights into the research of the international, interdisciplinarycollaboration that underpins the APPEAR project and this publication. Thebreadth and depth of articles-whether from the perspective of Egyptology,conservation, scientific study, or the history of collecting-reflect theexpertise and scholarship of their contributors. The volume is generouslyillustrated and easily navigable, making clever, intuitive use of the interactivepossibilities of the online publication. - Dr. David Saunders, Honorary Research Fellow, British Museum,and Honorary Researcher, National Gallery, London“This volume illustrates that the growing corpus of scientificallyanalyzed painted panel portraits from Roman Egypt sharpens our understanding ofcomplex materials, techniques, and provenances: from wood preferences to theillusive Punic wax, and from forgeries to reworking and restoration.”— Ben van den Bercken, Curator of the Collection of AncientEgypt and Sudan, Allard Pierson, University of Amsterdam

Marie Svoboda is conservator of antiquities at the J. Paul Getty Museum.Caroline Cartwright is senior scientist in the Department of Scientific Research at the British Museum.

The second volume of Mummy Portraits of Roman Egypt yieldsfurther rich insights into the research of the international, interdisciplinarycollaboration that underpins the APPEAR project and this publication. Thebreadth and depth of articles-whether from the perspective of Egyptology,conservation, scientific study, or the history of collecting-reflect theexpertise and scholarship of their contributors. The volume is generouslyillustrated and easily navigable, making clever, intuitive use of the interactivepossibilities of the online publication. - Dr. David Saunders, Honorary Research Fellow, British Museum,and Honorary Researcher, National Gallery, London“This volume illustrates that the growing corpus of scientificallyanalyzed painted panel portraits from Roman Egypt sharpens our understanding ofcomplex materials, techniques, and provenances: from wood preferences to theillusive Punic wax, and from forgeries to reworking and restoration.”— Ben van den Bercken, Curator of the Collection of AncientEgypt and Sudan, Allard Pierson, University of Amsterdam

Marie Svoboda is conservator of antiquities at the J. Paul Getty Museum.Caroline Cartwright is senior scientist in the Department of Scientific Research at the British Museum.

The second volume of Mummy Portraits of Roman Egypt yieldsfurther rich insights into the research of the international, interdisciplinarycollaboration that underpins the APPEAR project and this publication. Thebreadth and depth of articles-whether from the perspective of Egyptology,conservation, scientific study, or the history of collecting-reflect theexpertise and scholarship of their contributors. The volume is generouslyillustrated and easily navigable, making clever, intuitive use of the interactivepossibilities of the online publication. - Dr. David Saunders, Honorary Research Fellow, British Museum,and Honorary Researcher, National Gallery, London“This volume illustrates that the growing corpus of scientificallyanalyzed painted panel portraits from Roman Egypt sharpens our understanding ofcomplex materials, techniques, and provenances: from wood preferences to theillusive Punic wax, and from forgeries to reworking and restoration.”— Ben van den Bercken, Curator of the Collection of AncientEgypt and Sudan, Allard Pierson, University of Amsterdam