For centuries, the brilliant pigments of Egyptian art have received much of the scientific attention. But pigment is only ...

An Egyptian statue "grave" filled with figurines of deities and mythical creatures ranging from sphinxes to monkeys is providing archaeologists with new insights into ancient religious practices, ...

After years of being washed, perfumed and fed in ancient Egypt, the statue of a revered Egyptian deity was given a proper burial with other "dead" statues more than 2,000 years ago, a new study finds.

For decades, experts in ancient art have relied on techniques such as infrared spectroscopy or chromatography to determine ...