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

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.

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

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 ...

It was used as a substitute for expensive minerals like turquoise or lapis lazuli ... comparing them to two ancient Egyptian artifacts. Egyptian blue included a variety of blue colors, depending ...

A team of Washington State University-led researchers has recreated the world's oldest synthetic pigment, called Egyptian blue, which ...

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