mummies

Meet the Portrait Mummy of Herakleides

An online exhibition explores the identity of a 2000-year-old mummified man

An online exhibition highlights a group of mummy portraits and the stories they tell

Dive into a fascinating but little-known part of the Getty collections

Sara E. Cole | August 13, 2020

A colorful way to get through quarantine

Marie Svoboda | June 25, 2020

“After the Enlightenment, we made a very determined effort to ghettoize the dead.”

This woman is still beautiful and self-assured, 2,000 years after her portrait was painted.

Steve Saldivar | July 7, 2014

Visitors explore the mummy of Herakleides and make their own model mummies.

Avantika Kumar | August 15, 2012