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 ...

Alongside experts from the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, the resourceful team has spent the last two years uncovering, preserving, and documenting these layers of paint.

They're ancient Egyptian, more ancient even than the pharaohs ... And on them you can still see very faint traces of black-and-white paint applied after the clay had been lightly baked.