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Articles tagged Egyptian Blue.

Ancient Egyptian faience hippopotamus figurine with blue-green glaze and painted lotus flowers, Middle Kingdom

What Is Egyptian Faience? The First High-Tech Ceramic

Jun 02-By Caiden Pannell

Egyptian faience is a ceramic produced in Egypt for over five thousand years, from the Predynastic period through the Roman era.

Lost Colors Reimagining Polychrome Greek Statues

Greek Statues Were Not White: The Lost Colors of Marble

Aug 21, 2025-By Caiden Pannell

Greek statues were not born white. Scientific work reveals pigments, gilding and patterns that once animated marble. This guide explains how colour and form...

Coloured reconstruction of the Parthenon’s pediment, based on historical drawings.

The Parthenon Was Not White: Ancient Athens in Color

Aug 10, 2025-By Caiden Pannell

The Parthenon was not plain white marble in antiquity. Traces of pigment reveal a brightly colored temple at the center of ancient Athens.

British Museum Fayum portrait of a young man, encaustic on limewood, AD 80–100.

Fayum Mummy Portraits: Faces That Still Look Alive

Aug 10, 2025-By Caiden Pannell

The Fayum mummy portraits are panel paintings from Roman Egypt, made in encaustic and tempera between the first and third centuries CE and placed...

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