🪷 Born 17 Sept 1856: French Egyptologist #AlbertGayet found fabulous caches of mummies at the city #Hadrian founded on the Nile where #Antinous died. #Antinoopolis / #Fayoum mummy shrouds & face plates influenced Parisian fashion: antinousstars.blogspot.com/2026/09/fren... 🪷

🪷 17 Sept is #NationalPetBirdDay A man and his BA soul spirit #bird from the #Antinoopolis / #Fayoum Oasis area. Roman-Egyptian tempera-on-linen mummy shroud from the heyday of the city founded by #Hadrian where #Antinous died in the Nile in Egypt in 130 AD. Getty Museum. 🪷