The researchers shared their surprising findings in a new study that highlights the importance of using science to examine art and antiquity.

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., ...

Locating a historic shipwreck is only the beginning. One ancient Egyptian vessel may take us literally hundreds of years to ...

Researchers recreated ancient Egyptian blue pigment and uncovered insights into its production, variability, and future tech ...

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

Scientists have recreated the elusive Egyptian blue, a pigment used by ancient Egyptian artists for thousands of years.

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

The Consulate General of the Arab Republic of Egypt in New York on Wednesday received 11 artifacts that had entered the US illegally. These pieces, dating back to various eras of ancient Egyptian ...

For being the world’s oldest known synthetic pigment, the original recipes for Egyptian blue remain a mystery. The approximately 5,000-year-old dye wasn’t a single color, but instead encompassed a ...

Fifty priceless artifacts looted from Egypt and Pakistan — and trafficked through Manhattan by two notorious antiquities dealers — have been returned to their home countries, the Manhattan ...