Human History X-Ray Imaging Reveals Hidden ‘First Drafts’ in Ancient Egyptian Paintings Chemical imaging of 3,100-year-old artwork is showing how ancient artists revised their work.

Hidden mysteries in ancient Egyptian paintings from the Theban Necropolis observed by in-situ XRF mapping. PLOS ONE, 2023; 18 (7): e0287647 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0287647 ...

The incident occurred at Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota, where members of the Muslim Student Association expressed shock and outrage after an unnamed professor showed two paintings of ...

The world got a dismaying glimpse of Islamic State’s appetite for destruction of antiquities in February 2015, when the group released online footage of sledgehammer-swinging extremists ...

It is modestly sized, standing 22 meters wide, 3.5 meters high and 3 meters deep, and is decorated with an array of ancient cave paintings dating back to different eras.

A video released by Islamic State shows militants executing 25 Syrian army soldiers in the ruins of the Roman theater in the ancient city of Palmyra, Syria, in May 2015.

Conservation experts almost gave up when they first saw the severely damaged wall paintings they had come to rescue in the ancient city of Petra. But then they discovered 2,000-year-old ...