2,000-year-old mummy portrait looks way ahead of its time

This CNN article discusses a 2,000-year-old mummy portrait from Roman Egypt that will be auctioned at Sotheby's Masters Week in New York. The portrait, featuring a modern-looking male subject, is one of the earliest examples of realistic portrait painting, created in the 1st century AD using encaustic technique. It could sell for up to $350,000, highlighting its skill in rendering likeness and emotion. The portrait has been in the collection of Baltimore's Goucher College since 1895 and has been on loan to the Walters Art Museum.