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

The first thing you need to know about limewash paint is that (surprise!) it isn’t actually paint at all. Instead, it’s more accurately described as a process. Limewash is one of the oldest painting ...

The walls also sport dipinti ... Discovering preserved paint in ancient Egyptian temples is rare, but finding gold leaf is even less common. The Egyptians began covering columns, gates and ...

Created more than a century before the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 C.E., the wall paintings provide rare insights into secret rituals conducted in the Roman city ...

Archaeologists in Pompeii, Italy, analyzed a variety of paint pigments, offering glimpse the art of ancient Romans ... murals and brightly decorated walls — artworks so distinctive and well ...