The reliefs’ striking colors weren’t the only paints that ... “It is a very important discovery that will reveal more of the ancient Egyptians’ religious [beliefs],” says Sherif Fathy ...

Across the ancient Mediterranean, few luxury commodities were as prized, rare, and expensive as Tyrian purple, a dye used in ...

According to Egyptian mythology, Horus was the son of Osiris, the god of the underworld. Horus fought his uncle Seth to see who would be ruler of Egypt. During the fight, Seth mut ...

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 ...

In an exhibition on ancient Egyptian-inspired fashion at the Cleveland Museum of Art, a relief depicts the wife of Amenhotep wearing a kalasiris, or long linen dress, juxtaposed with a white ...

“Salt crystallization had affected the colors and caused some flaking ... has uncovered and photographed scenes that reveal how ancient Egyptians depicted and worshipped their gods and how ...