The style of ancient Egyptian art is transcendently clear, something eight-year-olds can recognize in an instant. Its consistency and codification is one of the most epic visual journeys in all art, ...

Portable chemical imaging technology can reveal hidden details in ancient Egyptian paintings, according to new research. Portable chemical imaging technology can reveal hidden details in ancient ...

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

In ancient Egypt, paint was sourced from minerals, such as ocre, that were then ground into a powder, according to research from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. However, the color blue — which ...

The walls of ancient Egyptian tombs can teach us much about the lives of the pharaohs and their entourages. Tomb paintings showed ... the potential to illuminate elements of artistic technique.

Researchers using a cutting-edge technique have discovered hidden details in two ancient Egyptian paintings in the Theban Necropolis, near the River Nile, that date back more than 3,000 years.