The temple walls' reliefs were restored to reveal colorful paint that decorated carvings of Egyptian gods. Martin Stadler / University of Würzburg Egypt’s second-largest ancient temple is getting a ...

Egyptian and German experts have successfully restored the lost colors and glimmering metals that once enlivened ancient Egypt’s second largest, and perhaps best preserved, temple. Since 2021, Egypt’s ...

Bright colors are a rare sight in the Yale University Art Gallery (YUAG) ancient sculpture hall. The gallery’s now-white objects were once brightly painted, their brilliant colors having faded or been ...

One of the colorful paintings uncovered in the temple of Edfu. Martin Stadler / Universität Würzburg The ongoing restoration of one of the largest temples in Egypt has revealed colorful paintings, ...

When it comes to ancient Egypt, the color most associated with its monuments today would likely be a sandy beige. Egyptologists, however, have long known that many of its buildings were actually ...

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Sometimes, when you see dusty artifacts in a museum or crumbling ruins in the streets, it’s easy to forget that these things were once new. Ancient Greek statues were complete and gaudily-painted; ...

For the second year in a row the world-famous Niagara Falls has lit up in the colors of the Egyptian flag on the occasion of Egypt’s National Day, the July 23 Revolution. The event comes as part of an ...