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According to an Italian Egyptologist, one of the Egyptian Museum of Cairo's most prized ancient paintings could be a 19th-century archeological forgery. The “Meidum ...

Photographs shared on social media authentically show a painting of Marge Simpson from "The Simpsons" on an ancient Egyptian coffin lid. Rating: Miscaptioned (About this rating?) In 2023 and 2024, ...

Researchers from the University of Queensland have examined a 4600-year-old Egyptian painting. During the examination, a rendering of a speckled goose stood out. Scientist Dr. Anthony Romilio noticed ...

Finds include hidden third “ghost hand,” alterations to a crown in Ramesses II portrait It is known that the ancient Egyptians had a highly formalized (and easily recognizable) painting style, and ...

For all the paint fragments found throughout the ancient world, on murals, pottery, sculpture, and scrolls, surprisingly few ancient paint palettes have been uncovered. Ancient palettes in the ...

A team of researchers recently studied paintings in the Theban Necropolis near the Nile River using X-ray fluorescence imaging and discovered never-before-seen details of the painting process. Under X ...

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, ...

Archaeologists have unveiled a digital reconstruction of a brightly-colored fragment from a sarcophagus in Aswan, Egypt, thought to be around 2,000 years old. The fragment depicts the face of a ...

(CNN) — Researchers using a cutting-edge technique have discovered hidden details in two ancient Egyptian paintings in the Theban Necropolis, near the River Nile, that date back more than 3,000 years.