Samarkand flatbread was officially registered as a geographical indication. The justice minister of Uzbekistan Akbar Toshqulov handed over the registration certificate to the acting head of Samarkand ...

Brothers Mukhtarovs revived and established the production of the ancient Samarkand paper with use of technology, pre-advent paper machinery use. The main feature of this technology is manual labor, ...

This unique degree programme offers training in an unparalleled range of ancient languages and their associated history, culture and textual traditions. Students study Hebrew and either Greek or Latin ...

Egyptian blue, also known as calcium copper silicate or cuprorivaite, is a pigment first developed in Egypt and Mesopotamia more than 4,000 years ago. It was used also in ancient Rome, with Romans ...

A local government in India is offering a $1 million prize to the first person who cracks the code of an ancient script found in the ruins of one of the world’s earliest civilizations.

You might think that explaining why the sky is blue would be kind of simple. But even a brief explanation of it requires a lot of science. The colors of everything you see are produced in different ...

Archaeologists in Rome have discovered beautiful, ancient paint—but not just any paint. Known as “Egyptian Blue,” it’s among the oldest synthetic pigments in the world, with the newly ...

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More than 5,000 years ago, in ancient Egypt, a mixture of silica, lime, copper, and an alkali was heated, resulting in a bright blue compound known as calcium copper silicate. This striking, vibrant ...

Prüch, who was not involved in the excavation, also supports that view. (The eighth wonder of the ancient world may have an untouched tomb.) “The tomb’s structure is highly sophisticated ...