While ancient Egyptian mummy portraits have long been objects of curiosity, only a minimal amount of scholarship exists about them. Many questions have lingered since they were uncovered by ...

A stash of 1,900-year-old Egyptian mummy paintings that sat mostly undisturbed for 100 years is helping researchers understand how ancient artists used a fashionable pigment called Egyptian blue.

Decorating the inside of the coffin were paintings of the Egyptian goddess Amentet ... underneath of the trough and had never lifted the mummy out before and didn’t expect to see anything ...

Hekashepes' mummy was mummified using artificial methods ... The newly found paintings "are interesting to understand the evolution of [Egyptian art]," Tiradritti said. Another tomb found in ...

Egyptian Mummies is the latest word on these subjects. It’s a fascinating mix of art, science, and the lifestyles of six Egyptians whose mummies date from 900 b.c. to a.d. 180. Technology allows ...

Paintings have been discovered inside the coffin of an Egyptian mummy after she was lifted out of it for the first time in more than 100 years. Scottish conservators made the discovery during work ...

whereas the tattoos on the Egyptian mummies were on highly visible areas, designed to be shown off. Antoine says that this it what makes the find so special: It suggests that tattoos were an art ...

It adorned wall paintings, tomb decorations ... statuettes, and mummy portraits. Eventually, mass production of Egyptian Blue ...

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While ancient Egyptian mummy portraits have long been objects of curiosity, only a minimal amount of scholarship exists about them. Many questions have lingered since they were uncovered by ...