公元前332年,马其顿的亚历山大大帝攻克了埃及,并将自己加冕为法老。很多亚历山大统治下的马其顿人和希腊人就在埃及定居下来,他们综合了埃及和希腊文化的影响,创造了一个新的文明。罗马于公元前30年攻克埃及后,这个希腊化时代的文明在罗马统治下一直仍延续着。这种混合文明的影响也可以从那个时代的木乃伊的变化看出。那个时候,埃及的木乃伊都配有死者的写实肖像。这些是埃及最后的木乃伊,也可能是现在古代世界最完美的肖像。 In 332 BC, Alexander the Great of Macedonia captured Egypt and crowned himself Pharaoh. Many Macedonians and Greeks under the rule of Alexandria settled in Egypt. They combined the influence of Egyptian and Hellenic cultures and created a new civilization. After the Roman conquest of Egypt in 30 BC, this Hellenistic civilization continued under Roman rule. The effect of this hybrid civilization can also be seen from the changes of the mummies of that era. At that time, Egyptian mummies were portrayed as real portraits of the dead. These are the last mummies in Egypt, and perhaps the most perfect portrait of the ancient world.