New research has revealed that ancient Egyptian paints used glues from multiple animals, as well as plant products such as sesame and moringa. Read more here: Ancient Egyptian Paint Was Much More Complex Than You Thought - Archeofili.
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Ancient Egyptian painters not only used glue from cattle, sheep or goats. In the analysis of paint layers and adhesives from 14 works of art, researchers have also proven proteins from sesame and moringa. The plant remains could come from pressed cakes and provide for the first time molecular traces of these plants in ancient Egyptian works of art. Copenhagen (Denmark). Colors on ancient Egyptian coffins, wall paintings and architectural fragmen…
New research has revealed that ancient Egyptian paints used glues from multiple animals, as well as plant products such as sesame and moringa. Read more here: Ancient Egyptian Paint Was Much More Complex Than You Thought - Archeofili.