Crammed into the tiny upstairs of the small Northwest Iowa County Museum in 1980 was a collection of rare and historic ...

“It’s 5,000 years of creativity,” said Kate Parsons, the museum’s director of collection care and access. It took more than a ...

These instruments allowed Egyptian scholars to align the Old Kingdom pyramids and sun-temples with the cardinal points. The Egyptians often recorded their observations on painted coffins during ...

Explore how his music teacher transformed David Endicott's life from trouble to triumph through music and mentorship.

Scientists at Washington State University not only discovered how to recreate the color known as "Egyptian Blue," they also ...

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

Archaeologists confronted by a false door at an excavation site were stunned to find that it led to the tomb of Egyptian royalty. The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced the ...

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

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