For the first time, researchers were able to see inside the mummies in the Chicago Field Museum's collections. Their findings ...

They’ve also formed a more comprehensive understanding of the carved hieroglyphs, which Egyptian craftsmen would sometimes use paint to correct or refine. “In the painting, we are capturing an ...

The earliest known synthetic pigment, Egyptian blue is found in some of the paint that still colors ancient statues, coffins, and tomb walls. Modern scientists were intrigued by this long-lasting ...

Egyptian temples were not only colorful, but also gleamed in glistening gold. Columns, gates and obelisks have been covered ...

Mention excavation in Egypt, and most of us immediately see ourselves ... And on them you can still see very faint traces of black-and-white paint applied after the clay had been lightly baked.