Scholarship assumes that Aline is the woman buried in the tomb and equipped with a mummy portrait.

The sad, wistful gaze is typical of mummy portraits.

It is commonly used on the mummy portraits of women and even young girls.

About 900 mummy portraits are known at present.

Although interest in Ancient Egypt steadily increased after that period, further finds of mummy portraits did not become known before the early 19th century.

Once again, a long period elapsed before more mummy portraits came to light.

As a result, mummy portraits became the centre of much attention.

Today, mummy portraits are represented in all important archaeological museums of the world.

Not everyone could afford a mummy portrait; many mummies were found without one.

The religious meaning of mummy portraits has not, so far, been fully explained, nor have associated grave rites.