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Researchers have found a way to reproduce the world's oldest synthetic pigment visible on this ancient wooden falcon artifact. For being the world’s oldest known synthetic pigment, the original ...

Classical Greek marble sculptures today appear crisp and white. But they weren’t always that way, according to a new study, which found the famous 2,500-year-old Parthenon sculptures were colorful, ...

Researchers from Washington State University (WSU), in collaboration with colleagues at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History and the Smithsonian's Museum Conservation Institute, successfully ...

Archaeologists in Rome have discovered beautiful, ancient paint—but not just any paint. Known as “Egyptian Blue,” it’s among the oldest synthetic pigments in the world, with the newly found ingot ...

The researchers shared their surprising findings in a new study that highlights the importance of using science to examine art and antiquity. The Carnegie Musuem of Natural History team is at the ...

Researchers Travis Olds and Lisa Haney from the Carnegie Museum examine an ancient sarcophagus that was painted with Egyptian blue pigment. PULLMAN, Wash.--A team of Washington State University-led ...

A researcher who made color history in 2009 with a vivid blue pigment has developed durable, reddish magentas inspired by lunar mineralogy and ancient Egyptian chemistry. An Oregon State University ...

The Carnegie Musuem of Natural History team is at the Edward O’Neil Research Center taking samples of blue pigment from a small sculpture in their care. (photo courtesy Matt Unger/Carnegie Museum of ...