Researchers who sniffed mummified remains in the name of science were greeted more with a blessing than a curse.

The story goes that the lyrics to “ Black and Blue ,” the jazz standard popularized by Louis Armstrong, were written at ...

Excavations at Domus Aurea, the former imperial residence of Roman emperor Nero, have yielded remnants of the rare Egyptian ...

Archaeologists excavating near the Colosseum found a rare chunk of Egyptian blue pigment dating back about 2,000 years. Photo from Simona Murrone and the Colosseum Archaeological Park The ...

Egyptian blue, also known as calcium copper silicate or cuprorivaite, was developed more than 4,000 years ago in Egypt and Mesopotamia. Cup containing Egyptian blue pigment from Pompeii.

What is Blue 1 and why is it added to food? Blue 1 is a synthetic dye used in food, drugs, and cosmetics throughout the United States and Europe. Today, the dye is typically made from petroleum, but ...

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Exhibitors showed solutions designed to make denim production more efficient and better aligned with the demands of today’s market.

On indigo blue dye and the slave trade These scenes in the historical record of people being exchanged for a block of indigo were heartbreaking to me. People who were artisans ... who had been ...

Archaeologists excavating the remains of Rome's "Golden House," the opulent palace that Emperor Nero built for himself right across the street from the Colosseum, recently uncovered a rare chunk of ...

This act forbids the use of artificial colorings red dye No. 40, yellow dyes Nos. 5 and 6, blue dyes Nos. 1 and 2, and green dye No. 3 from foods served in schools. That decision was based off of ...