Thousands of years ago, the Egyptians created the world’s oldest known synthetic pigment: Egyptian blue. Despite its name, the mysterious material’s true color ranged from blue to green.

Researchers from Washington State University (WSU), in collaboration with colleagues at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History and the Smithsonian's Museum Conservation Institute, successfully ...

Thousands of years ago, the ancient Egyptians created a blue pigment which they used in their depictions of gods and royalty. Derived from calcium copper silicate, the substance is now known as ...

Egyptian blue on a fragment from Thebes, Egypt from around 1350 B.C. showing Nebamun hunting in the marshes British Museum (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) So called "Egyptian blue" gives color to the night sky in ...

Archaeologists in Rome have discovered beautiful, ancient paint—but not just any paint. Known as “Egyptian Blue,” it’s among the oldest synthetic pigments in the world, with the newly found ingot ...

Scientists and art conservators have discovered blue pigment used for subtle shading in ancient portraits, defying expectations for how the ancients used the synthetic pigment. The findings come from ...

A color pigment developed by the ancient Egyptians thousands of years ago may have an extremely beneficial application today, research has found. In a paper published by The Journal of Applied Physics ...

Learn about the first whole genome from Ancient Egypt, which has shed light on the life and ancestry of a potter who lived during a period of great change. What was it like to live in ancient Egypt ...

Researchers have sequenced the first whole ancient Egyptian genome from an individual who lived 4,500 to 4,800 years ago — the oldest DNA sample from Egypt to date. The body belongs to an adult male ...