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Cartonnage Regionalism in the Ateliers of the Fayum Territory<\/h1><\/span>

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Acronym: <\/strong>CRAFT<\/p>\n

Description<\/strong><\/h2>\n

CRAFT aims to investigate Graeco-Roman funerary cartonnage from the Fayum Oasis, Egypt. The project raises and addresses new questions about the manufacturing of Ancient Egyptian cartonnage artefacts (mummy masks, foot-cases, full body covers) with an innovative approach that focuses on the multi-disciplinary study of such objects, never analysed in depth before.<\/p>\n

Through an Egyptological approach combined with enhanced, non-invasive archaeometric investigations, as well as with high-resolution 3D reconstructions of artefacts preserved in international museums, CRAFT will generate an unparalleled understanding of Graeco-Roman cartonnage artefacts and the socio-cultural milieu within which they were manufactured.<\/p>\n

Expected outcomes include advanced research collaborations, addressing questions of cultural heritage preservation, determining provenance, influences, regional features, and religious significance of a so far uninvestigated category of funerary objects. The project will expand previous studies concerning cartonnage from the Western Desert (Dakhleh Oasis, Kharga Oasis).<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Project information<\/h2>\n