The myth that the statues of ancient Greece and Rome were white was created over time and upheld in part to serve racist ...

The scientific article titled 'Pompeian pigments. A glimpse into ancient Roman colouring materials' has just been published ...

For centuries, the stark white marble statues of ancient Greece and Rome have stood as timeless symbols of classical beauty.

But, in reality, ancient Greeks and Romans embraced bold colors, which archaeologists call “polychromy.” Brightly hued paints ...

Heian courtiers 1,200 years ago wore robes made of fabric dyed with medicinal herbs to produce colors of prayer for peace and to keep evil at bay. But most of these colors have been lost to time.

The colors range from creamy white to turmeric yellow to pale blue. Some appear crumbly and chalky, while others are shaped into balls or cubes. Some of the ancient pigments found in Pompeii.

Now, Johan Lindgren from Lund University has taken the study of prehistoric colors for a swim. His team has discovered traces of melanosomes, and the dark pigments they contain, in the skins of three ...

To everyone’s delight, the modern techniques for preserving ancient colors seem to be working. In a narrow trench on the north side of Pit 1, archaeologist Shen Maosheng leads me past what look ...

The preservation even reveals details such as the contents of its stomach and remnants of its color. Read More: Pivotal ...

Scientists discovered a 15-million-year-old fish fossil, Ferruaspis brocksi. It has preserved stomach contents and visible ...

Science has already proven that sculptures from ancient Greece and Rome were often painted in warm colors, and now a Danish study has revealed that some were also perfumed.