The researchers shared their surprising findings in a new study that highlights the importance of using science to examine art and antiquity.

It is believed the frescoes once decorated at least 20 internal walls of a high-status Roman building between AD 40 and 150.

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Paper, invented in China around the 2nd century BCE, did not spread to the rest of the world until much later, as it remained ...

Almost 2 years ago, it was confirmed that the cones depicted on the heads of Ancient Egyptian relief scenes were real ...

The Gospel of Thomas, a 2,000-year-old text that was left out of the Bible, contains 114 sayings that are attributed to Jesus, but they paint a new picture ...

Depictions of the blue lotus appear everywhere in Egyptian art and artifacts ... are actually the most ancient ones. The wisdom of the pharaohs, preserved in papyrus and stone, might just hold ...

Over two decades later, the aptly titled Grand Egyptian ... Ancient Belief Systems Many objects on show relate to the rich spiritual and religious worlds of ancient Egypt, from its pantheon of ...

In 2023 and 2024, internet users shared photos that purportedly showed an ancient Egyptian coffin lid featuring a painting of Marge ... "Egyptians thought of their gods as having skin of gold ...