In fact, the Fayoum paintings are the only ones of their kind in the world. Fayoum mummies were found in several parts of Egypt, but the Fayoum Basin area included most of the discoveries, which made it bear this name, specifically from the Hawara region to central Egypt. Archaeologists believe that these are funerary paintings.  Egyptian was made during the period of Roman Egypt.[2]

It is also believed that its beginnings go back to the first century AD, and it is not certain when it stopped being made, but some recent studies suggest that its making stopped in the third century AD, and paintings are considered an early example of subsequent types of art that spread in the Western world through Byzantine art.  and Coptic iconography in Egypt.

The paintings show a drawing of a character of the person buried in the coffin, usually a large or well-known figure. The drawings tend to be more towards Greco-Roman art than what is known about the art of ancient Egyptian painting. The Egyptians were influenced by this art, just as societies were influenced by other societies by the same occupier, as was the case in  Egypt in this period.

There are now about 900 paintings discovered in the historical cemeteries in Fayoum, [3] and due to the dry and hot climate of the region, the paintings have been perfectly preserved, to the point that the colors of many of them appear as if they have not yet dried.