In ancient Egypt, paint was sourced from minerals, such as ocre, that were then ground into a powder, according to research ...

A joint team of researchers from Egypt and Germany have announced their first successes restoring color to the ancient Temple ...

Egyptian temples were not only colorful, but also gleamed in glistening gold. Columns, gates and obelisks have been covered ...

It needs to be noted that gold leaf decorations have been documented less frequently because of their fragile nature. Now the ...

"Because of gold's rarity and value, artisans used different methods to literally stretch it as far as it would go," Wilson said of then innovative techniques such as gilding and panel-beating.

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Catalogue Note The gilt metal figure undoubtedly depicts Tsongkhapa, one of the most erudite scholars of Tibetan Buddhism in ...

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Together with Egyptian conservators a team of the University of Würzburg has discovered traces of gold leaf, remnants of the ...