Ancient Egyptian painting has been studied for centuries (if not millennia), but archaeological technologies have advanced considerably in the last several decades.

X-rays reveal hidden “first drafts” of ancient Egyptian paintings at ... we can produce models that convey a real sense of space as well as high-res images that enable the viewer to see ...

Portable technology can reveal hidden details in ancient Egyptian paintings, research suggests. An international team of scientists has uncovered the alterations made to two ancient Egyptian ...

It is modestly sized, standing 22 meters wide, 3.5 meters high and 3 meters deep, and is decorated with an array of ancient cave paintings dating back to different eras.

More than 3,000 years ago, ancient Egyptian artists flubbed a royal portrait that was discovered in a tomb within a vast necropolis, a new study suggests. The painting, of the pharaoh Ramesses II ...

The “Meidum Geese”—an ancient Egyptian painting prized for its detail—has been called “Egypt’s Mona Lisa.” It was supposedly painted somewhere between 2610 and 2590 B.C. and found in ...

A new on-site study of portraits decorating the walls of ancient Egyptian tombs has revealed instances where designs were painted over and altered, possibly during subsequent Egyptian dynasties.

The walls of ancient Egyptian tombs can teach us much about the lives of the pharaohs and their entourages. Tomb paintings showed the deceased and their immediate family members involved in ...