Egyptian blue, also known as calcium copper silicate or cuprorivaite, was developed more than 4,000 years ago in Egypt and ...

Archaeologists working at Emperor Nero’s grand palace in Rome, known as Domus Aurea, uncovered a rare and rather big Egyptian blue ingot. Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus was a Roman emperor, ...

including this rare Egyptian blue ingota pigment first created over 4,000 years ago in Egypt and Mesopotamia and once cherished by ancient Romans who named it caeruleumprovide a glimpse into the ...

Egypt, Syria and Mesopotamia. They prospered from the 4th century BC to the 1st century AD until the expansion of the Roman Empire subsumed much of their culture. Gradually, the Nabataean identity ...

The oldest known example of writing comes from Mesopotamia and dates to about 3300 BC. In time different-looking writing appeared in the river valleys of Egypt, the Indus Valley, China and Central ...

A significant portion of human development and history may be traced back to the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia, in and around present-day Iraq. The study of these new tablets could reveal ...