These materials showcase many aspects, like how artisans garnered the colors they needed in yesteryears and the items that ...

Archaeologists recently uncovered a chunk of Egyptian blue ingot, an example of the opulence ... history for more than 1,400 years, its use of color could very well live on in some of the most ...

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 ...

Few plants are more celebrated in Egyptian mythology than the blue lotus, a stunning water lily that stars in some of archaeology’s most significant discoveries. Researchers found its petals covering ...

AMES, Iowa — An artifact from a pioneer in agricultural science and one of the most famous Black scientists in the early 20th century is on display at an exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of ...