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

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

Nurul Nazipah’s favorite dish to cook is one that involves going into the Muaro Jambi forest to pick from among 120 different ...

Scientists recreating the lost formula for 5,000-year-old Egyptian Blue affirm its unusual optical, magnetic, and biological ...

Researchers have recreated the world's oldest synthetic pigment, called Egyptian blue, which was used in ancient Egypt about 5,000 years ago.

For being the world’s oldest known synthetic pigment, the original recipes for Egyptian blue remain a mystery. The ...

Credit: Daniel Contreras Ancient Chavín elites used hallucinogens in private rituals to strengthen their authority and shape early social hierarchies. Two thousand years before the Inca empire rose to ...

The Francis Crick Institute. (2025, May 22). Ancient DNA used to map evolution of fever-causing bacteria. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 1, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2025 / 05 ...

Using what appears to be AI-generated reconstructions, they, and others, have hypothesized that these structures are part of a legendary ancient city or even a prehistoric power-generating ...

Made of wood and leather, this artificial toe, found in an ancient Egyptian tomb affixed to a ... clockmakers and even gunsmiths used their new techniques to create luxe artificial limbs.

What does the evidence show? According to the 18th-century scholar Edward Williams, better known as Iolo Morgannwg, Coelbren was a writing system used by the ancient Celts. In particular, he claimed ...

My wife and I were lucky enough to have our honeymoon in Mexico. A good friend gifted us a few days at his family’s hacienda in Merida. We visited ruins, ate fried crickets, drank lots of tequila (at ...