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Hidden details have been discovered in ancient Egyptian paintings using portable chemical imaging technology. Photo courtesy of Martinez et al./PLOS One Hidden details have been discovered in ancient ...

Nut’s cosmological vignette on the outer coffin of Nesitaudjatakhet in the collection of Odessa Archaeological Museum (© Odessa Archaeological Museum, photo by Mykola Tarasenko) The sky has been a ...

Scientists have used a new imaging technique to re-examine Egyptian art and find details that were previously missing. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to ...

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 ...

Egyptian archaeologists completing their 10th season of excavations at Gerza, 75 miles southwest of modern day Cairo, have announced the excavation of two full mummy portraits and further fragmentary ...

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 ...

A 4,000-year-old limestone painting housed in a tomb at Egypt's Saqqara necropolis has gone missing – making it the second ancient Egyptian artefact to be reported stolen in less than a month. The ...

The restoration of the Temple of Edfu has revealed ancient Egyptian paintings dating back thousands of years. The Temple of Edfu is dedicated to the worship of the god Horus, according to the Ministry ...

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, ...