It is believed that Egyptian blue was made by working a mixture of limestone, silica, and minerals containing copper and sodium carbonate, before firing it at extremely high temperatures.

The archaeologists unearthed two tubs that, among other things, were used to process the colorful pigments while the palace was under construction. Presumably from within the tubs, they recovered an ...

The presence of Egyptian blue in the Domus Aurea suggests a colorful ... As the statement notes, the discovery provides another link between the art of antiquity and the art of the Renaissance.

This Egyptian blue ingot find connects two crucial periods in art history: the Renaissance revival of its techniques and the grandeur of the Roman Empire.

A bottle of Egyptian blue hand mixed by George Washington Carver (c. 1864-1943) was loaned by the Iowa State archives.

New research has shown that a pigment called Egyptian blue, formulated some 5,250 years ago, can be used as dusting powder to detect fingerprints on complicated surfaces. The earliest known ...

One such example is Raphael’s The Triumph of Galatea, where Egyptian blue contributed to the luminous effects of the composition. The find thus connects two key periods in the history of art: the ...

Archaeologists excavating near the Colosseum found a rare chunk of Egyptian blue pigment dating back about 2,000 years. Photo from Simona Murrone and the Colosseum Archaeological Park Across the ...