It’s hard to imagine a world without the color blue. What would come of the skies and the oceans? And what about people born with blue eyes? A TikTok account called Psychopoly raised the question of ...

Few plants are more celebrated in Egyptian mythology than the blue lotus, a stunning water lily that stars in some of ...

The pigment “Egyptian Blue” was invented about 5,000 years ago. It’s the world’s oldest known synthetic pigment. But it was lost to time, until recently. Scientists at Washington State University not ...

The researchers shared their surprising findings in a new study that highlights the importance of using science to examine art and antiquity. The Carnegie Musuem of Natural History team is at the ...

Researchers Travis Olds and Lisa Haney from the Carnegie Museum examine an ancient sarcophagus that was painted with Egyptian blue pigment. Credit: Washington State University Researchers Travis Olds ...

Liam McEvoy, a fourth-year UC Berkeley student majoring in anthropology and minoring in Egyptology, has spent much of his time on campus studying the cultural significance of the Egyptian blue lotus ...