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, ...

A team led by Washington State University has successfully recreated a millennia-old pigment first synthesized in ancient ...

A scarab beetle set in gold shows that ancient Egyptians thought the heart was the most important organ in the human body.

Researchers at Washington State University have revived Egyptian blue—the world’s first synthetic pigment.

An unusual depiction of the ancient Egyptian sky goddess Nut may include a representation of the "Dark River" or "Great Rift"—the band along the Milky Way caused by dust clouds. This is the ...

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

As a rule, early ancient Egyptian art depicts mostly female dancers, but there are exceptions. A well-preserved depiction from the third millennium B.C. comes from the early 2nd-dynasty tomb of ...