<span>Naturalistic encaustic portraits of the Roman era, from the Fayum Oasis in Egypt, were created as funerary adornments. This type of art refers to adornments that have to do with cemeteries and tombs. It was especially popular in Egypt, where sarcophagi were embellished so as to commemorate the dead. In the Roman empire this was also a custom, only tombstones instead of sarcophagi were decorated. </span><span> </span>
The spread of religious works of at helped spread the awareness of the religion. For example, the Christian church's had many artists produce famous artworks to have people recognize the church/religion and come back.
