Researchers recreate 5,000-year-old Egyptian blue pigment using ancient techniques

Researchers from Washington State University (WSU), working in collaboration with colleagues at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History and the Smithsonian’s Museum Conservation Institute, have successfully recreated Egyptian blue, the oldest known synthetic pigment in the world…

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