The graveyard of Liternum, near Naples, was in use between the first century B.C.E. and the third century C.E.

A recent study offers new insights into the pigments used by ancient Roman artists in Pompeii, revealing how they mixed raw materials to achieve a wide range of color tones. Titled "Pompeian Pigments: ...

Contemporary writings on art, including a book by Roman author Pliny the Elder, mention the fact that sculptures in ancient Greece were painted and not left with the white marble exposed. Yet many ...

But, in reality, ancient Greeks and Romans embraced bold colors, which archaeologists call “polychromy.” Brightly hued paints ...

Unused paints are generally rare finds for archaeologists — but not at Pompeii. Take a look at “almost the entire palette of ...

A glimpse into ancient ... and red lead - that were skillfully proportioned to create the desired palette.' An exceptional result of the study was the first known use of a new gray color in ...

Ancient Greek and Roman statues didn't originally look like they do now in museums. A new study says they didn't smell the ...

The study adds to research from the past decade into the art of antiquity that has found that sculptures from ancient Greece and Rome were often painted in warm colors. The myth of whiteness in ...

But what materials did ancient Roman artists use to create ... to create so many hues were Egyptian blue and red lead, the study said. These two colors were “fundamental” to the ancient ...