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[https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/xrf-reveals-early-drafts-of-ancient-egyptian-art/4017729.article by Ada McVean 18/7/23 CHEMISTRY ORLD] | [https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/xrf-reveals-early-drafts-of-ancient-egyptian-art/4017729.article by Ada McVean 18/7/23 CHEMISTRY ORLD] | ||
Ancient Egyptian artists often used paints that feature strong elemental signals that make them perfect for detection by x-ray fluorescence imaging. Scans of the tomb chapel paintings for elements like iron – present in hematite, a shade of red, or goethite, a yellow – arsenic for realgar (red) or orpiment (yellow), and copper from Egyptian blue, allowed mapping of paint that had subsequently been covered or faded away. | Ancient Egyptian artists often used paints that feature strong elemental signals that make them perfect for detection by x-ray fluorescence imaging. Scans of the tomb chapel paintings for elements like iron – present in hematite, a shade of red, or goethite, a yellow – arsenic for realgar (red) or orpiment (yellow), and copper from Egyptian blue, allowed mapping of paint that had subsequently been covered or faded away. | ||
=====Color in Ancient Egypt===== | |||
[https://www.worldhistory.org/article/999/color-in-ancient-egypt/ by Joshua J. Mark 8/1/17 world history] | |||
The ancient Egyptians had a great appreciation for life which is clearly depicted through their art. Images of people enjoying themselves - whether in this life or the next - are as plentiful as those most often seen of the gods or funerary rituals. The early Egyptologists who first encountered the culture focused their attention on the many examples of funerary art found in tombs and concluded that Egyptian culture was death-obsessed when, in reality, the ancient Egyptians were wholly absorbed in living life to its fullest. | |||
