Egyptian archaeologists located a lost 3,500-year-old cemetery containing mummies and statues—among other discoveries. They ...

Generations of creatives have looked back to ancient Egypt in their search for art and design inspiration—here are three ...

An engraved panel from Aswan may show one of Egypt's earliest political elites. It reveals how rulers used art to claim space ...

A piece of ancient Egyptian petroglyph dating back to the First Dynasty offers new insights into the origins of the state.

New research suggests the engraving, which shows an elite individual sitting in a boat, may be up to 5,100 years old ...

Engravings carved into the sandstone near Aswan in Egypt might have been created at the beginning of the First Dynasty and ...

Explore the revival of Egyptian blue pigment and its uses in science, from archaeology to fingerprinting and counterfeit prevention.

For being the world’s oldest known synthetic pigment, the original recipes for Egyptian blue remain a mystery. The approximately 5,000-year-old dye wasn’t a single color, but instead ...

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

An artifact from Iowa State University, linked to George Washington Carver's rediscovery of Egyptian blue, was displayed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

An unusual depiction of the ancient Egyptian sky goddess Nut may include a representation of the "Dark River" or "Great Rift"—the band along the Milky Way caused by dust clouds.

After comparing their descriptions with simulations of how the Egyptian night sky looked during those eras, Graur published an initial study in 2024 arguing Nut and the Milky Way were intertwined ...