In a series for the first day of each month, Hyperallergic is exploring some firsts in art, from the earliest known depictions of things to pioneers in the visual fields. The Virgin Mary is often ...

The pigment “Egyptian Blue” was invented about 5,000 years ago. It’s the world’s oldest known synthetic pigment. But it was lost to time, until recently. Scientists at Washington State University not ...

A rare Egyptian blue ingot weighing 2.4 kilograms and measuring 15 centimeters in height was discovered by archaeologists at the Domus Aurea, Emperor Nero's grand palace built in 65 CE. Egyptian blue, ...

Archaeologists in Rome have discovered beautiful, ancient paint—but not just any paint. Known as “Egyptian Blue,” it’s among the oldest synthetic pigments in the world, with the newly found ingot ...

A color pigment developed by the ancient Egyptians thousands of years ago may have an extremely beneficial application today, research has found. In a paper published by The Journal of Applied Physics ...

Thousands of years ago, the ancient Egyptians created a blue pigment which they used in their depictions of gods and royalty. Derived from calcium copper silicate, the substance is now known as ...

Classical Greek marble sculptures today appear crisp and white. But they weren’t always that way, according to a new study, which found the famous 2,500-year-old Parthenon sculptures were colorful, ...

A team of scientists in Germany has found a new, biomedical, use for a pigment invented by the Ancient Egyptians by turning it into nano-sized particles. Egyptian Blue is one of the oldest manmade ...

Liam McEvoy, a fourth-year UC Berkeley student majoring in anthropology and minoring in Egyptology, has spent much of his time on campus studying the cultural significance of the Egyptian blue lotus ...

A team of scientists has discovered that the Parthenon Marbles were painted in multiple colors, patterns, and designs. Intriguingly, the sculptures were even painted on their backside, where the ...

Research led by anthropology and Egyptology student Liam McEvoy at the University of California, Berkeley, has proposed a new hypothesis about the use of the blue lotus in ancient Egypt. McEvoy's ...

Meet Egyptian Blue, the Brighton-based outfit who’ve been tipped for greatness ever since debut EP Collateral landed in 2019. Initially formed around the middle of the decade in their hometown of ...