Vacheron Constantin and the Met join forces for a residency where centuries-old craft meets contemporary experimentation.

Vacheron Constantin is supporting a new Artisan Residency programme at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art — The Met — that ...

Ancient Egyptians were not only masters of architecture – they also were the original wizards of synthetic chemistry. Around ...

More than five millennia ago, an Egyptian weaver created a simple, tailored linen dress, likely not realizing just how long it would stick around. The Tarkhan Dress, carbon-dated to 3482 to 3102 B.C., ...

A team of Washington State University-led researchers has recreated the world's oldest synthetic pigment, called Egyptian blue, which was used in ancient Egypt about 5,000 years ago.

Created 5,000 years ago, the mysterious color has been found on artworks and artifacts throughout the ancient world. But the ...

From the tombs of pharaohs to Roman frescoes, Egyptian blue adorned everything from sacred artifacts to everyday pottery.

For decades it was thought that the family system of the ancient Egyptians was very similar to our own. However, Ph.D.

Scientists at Washington State University not only discovered how to recreate the color known as "Egyptian Blue," they also ...