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Vitruvius’ recipe for the manufacture of the pigment ‘Egyptian blue’

open access: yes, 2003
C. Vestorius, a rich banker of Puozzoli, businessman, correspondent of Cicero and Atticus, imported and perfected in Italy the Alexandrine methods of manufacture of the pigment Egyptian blue. The text of the Roman architect Vitruvius (7, 11, 1) is the only text which outlines the manufacture stages of this artificial pigment based on copper oxide and ...
openaire   +1 more source

Chapel of Dedwen

open access: yes, 2000
Frontal view, looking west; A rock-cut temple is known as the Chapel of Dedwen and contains reliefs of an unidentified pharaoh offering to the Nubian god Dedwen. This has been reconstructed by an Egyptian team from the SCA.
unknown (Egyptian (ancient))
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Glass from Teniky (Madagascar): Geochemical Evidence for Multiple Production Systems and Long‐Distance Exchange in the Mediaeval Indian Ocean

open access: yesArchaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The inland rock‐cut site of Teniky, located in the Isalo massif of southern Madagascar, represents an exceptional archaeological context recently dated to the 11th–12th centuries ad, corresponding to the early phases of settlement on the island.
Jean Rodier   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

An Uncommon Instance of Egyptian Blue in the “Pigmented Intonachino” of the Fishpond Wall Painting From the Roman Villa of Torre di Pordenone (Northeast Italy)

open access: yesArchaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The increasingly close integration of analytical techniques in the study of Greek and Roman wall paintings has shown that Egyptian blue was a common pigment, widely documented in the production of blue and greenish hues in ancient painted production.
Simone Dilaria   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Without Scratching the Surface: Depth Profiling Compositional Muon Analysis of Ancient Faience From Egypt and Sudan

open access: yesArchaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The specific depth‐profiling capabilities of the muonic x‐ray emission spectroscopy (μ‐XES) technique have proved to be effective for examination of the elemental distribution within ancient coins. This ‘layered’ analysis can also be applied to the examination of ancient faience, the production of which can result in distinct layers (glaze ...
Juliet V. Spedding   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Coffins From the Abusir Tomb of Nyankhseshat (AS 104) Through the Lens of Wood Analysis

open access: yesArchaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACTThis article presents the results of an integrated Egyptological and anatomical study of wooden coffin fragments from the mastaba of Nyankhseshat at Abusir South (AS 104), dated to the early Fourth Dynasty. The assemblage includes remains of at least three coffins and probably of two wooden boxes. Wood analysis identified predominantly imported
Marie Peterková Hlouchová   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Epidemiological study of strongyle infections in equines in Egypt: prevalence and risk factors. [PDF]

open access: yesFront Vet Sci
Selim A   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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