For decades, the story of art was simple: humans arrived, creativity followed. Cave paintings, symbolic markings, and ...

Hidden details have been discovered in ancient Egyptian paintings using portable chemical imaging technology. Photo courtesy of Martinez et al./PLOS One Hidden details have been discovered in ancient ...

Scientists have used a new imaging technique to re-examine Egyptian art and find details that were previously missing. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to ...

A team of researchers recently studied paintings in the Theban Necropolis near the Nile River using X-ray fluorescence imaging and discovered never-before-seen details of the painting process. Under X ...

Scientists using a new technique have uncovered the colorful and once-hidden scenes in paintings of the ancient Etruscans, a group of people who flourished on the Italian peninsula around 2,500 years ...