Uti In Pregnant Women

II Fayum Fayum

Who were the people representing the Fayum paintings?

Under some interpretations of research conducted in Fayoum, the people portrayed in these paintings, must have been members of the aristocracy of the region, due to contact with the customs and traditions, Greco-Roman wanted to immortalize themselves in the fashion and style, which imposed the rule that dominated the known world.
For others, the people portrayed in Fayum, were Romans of the upper strata of society, who due to their jobs, migrated to the far frontiers of empire, they who were assimilating the traditions of ancient Egyptian mummification, only adding some parts of their customs and thus creating this cultural and artistic mix.
The confusion over the origin of the people that were introduced have been produced by the clothing, tools and features physical display these paintings.

Ex: Paintings

children.

Here we can see features a fashion that can lead to confusing the origin of who was this child.

Child 1:

Although the physical features of children are similar to those of a European Caucasian children, the fashion of her hair reflected a strong Egyptian tradition. Children

Egyptians were almost completely cut his hair and only left them a lock of hair to the side of the head.
This type of haircut, was widely used during all periods of Egyptian history and had order differences as a child of which had already become an adult.

But this same child also wears a necklace around her neck. This necklace, called Bulla, was typical of Roman children and served a magical purpose.

Minors, wore this necklace to pretegerlos of "evil eye", ie against envy made curse or some other magical attempt to harm the wearer. When the child became an adult and put on the toga of a man, manly toga, he stopped to use this amulet.

The famous Greek historian and philosopher, Plutarch, a collar associated with this were significant different the Bulla and very special.

He said the noise, I had a penis-shaped, is used to inform the child who wore the necklace, was a free man and that any attempt to seduce or sexual assault, could be severely punished.