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Egyptian Blue: The Prized Dye Used In Egyptian Mummy Portraits, Roman Frescoes, And Renaissance Masterpieces
However, recent archaeological expeditions have uncovered remarkable bits of Egyptian Blue, most often in mere scraps of powder ... World’s Oldest Synthetic Dye Widely considered to be the ...
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A Modern Tale of an Old Blue Dye
has glasses with blue frames and often finds her hands are blue from dye — has been in thrall to the color since 1993, when she and her husband, Henri, bought a derelict tannery in Lectoure ...