Making and working Egyptian blue – a review of the archaeological evidence

What were the colors of the Parthenon? Investigation of the entablature's cornice blocks

(2022) Eleni Aggelakopoulou et al.   JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE

The materialisation of colour: Reconstructing Egyptian blue manufacture on late Hellenistic Kos

(2022) Ariadne Kostomitsopoulou Marketou   Norwegian Archaeological Review

Raman focal point on Roman Egyptian blue elucidates disordered cuprorivaite, green glass phase and trace compounds

(2022) Petra Dariz et al.   Scientific Reports

Trace compounds in Early Medieval Egyptian blue carry information on provenance, manufacture, application, and ageing

(2021) Petra Dariz et al.   Scientific Reports

The rarest blue: An exceptional find of lapis lazuli in the polychromy of a funerary portrait from ancient Palmyra

(2020) C. Brøns et al.   ARCHAEOMETRY

Notes on Vestorius’ Blue – New findings and investigations

(2020) Raffaella Fontana et al.   JOURNAL OF CULTURAL HERITAGE

Egyptian Blue Pellets from the First Century BCE Workshop of Kos (Greece): Microanalytical Investigation by Optical Microscopy, Scanning Electron Microscopy-X-ray Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy and Micro-Raman Spectroscopy

(2020) Ariadne Kostomitsopoulou Marketou et al.   Minerals

Probing the provenance of archaeological glaze colorants: Polychrome faunal reliefs of the Ishtar Gate and the Processional Way of Babylon

(2019) A. S. Rodler et al.   ARCHAEOMETRY

Medieval women’s early involvement in manuscript production suggested by lapis lazuli identification in dental calculus

(2019) A. Radini et al.   Science Advances

Late production of Egyptian blue: synthesis from brass and its characteristics

(2019) Marco Nicola et al.   Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences

Non-destructive characterization of Egyptian Blue cakes and wall painting fragments from the east of Lake Van, Turkey

(2019) Ozden Ormanci   SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA PART A-MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY

The identification of lac as a pigment in ancient Greek polychromy - The case of a Hellenistic oinochoe from Canosa di Puglia

(2018) Joanne Dyer et al.   DYES AND PIGMENTS

Copper for the Pharaoh: Identifying multiple metal sources for Ramesses' workshops from bronze and crucible remains

(2017) Frederik W. Rademakers et al.   JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE

The use of technical ceramics in early Egyptian glass-making

(2016) M. Smirniou et al.   JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Beyond Vitruvius: New Insight in the Technology of Egyptian Blue and Green Frits

(2016) Celestino Grifa et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY

Non-destructive in situ analysis of polychromy on ancient Cypriot sculptures

(2016) Svetlana Gasanova et al.   Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences

First evidence for 1st century AD production of Egyptian blue frit in Roman Italy

(2015) Lorenzo Lazzarini et al.   JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Egyptian Blue cakes from the Ayanis fortress (Eastern Anatolia, Turkey): micro-chemical and -structural investigations for the identification of manufacturing process and provenance

(2013) Gabriel M. Ingo et al.   JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Roman double-layered crucibles from Autun/France: a petrological and geochemical approach

(2012) Daniela König et al.   JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Striking presence of Egyptian blue identified in a painting by Giovanni Battista Benvenuto from 1524

(2011) Jørn Bredal-Jørgensen et al.   ANALYTICAL AND BIOANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

On-site analysis of archaeological artifacts excavated from the site on the outcrop at Northwest Saqqara, Egypt, by using a newly developed portable fluorescence spectrometer and diffractometer

(2009) Yoshinari Abe et al.   ANALYTICAL AND BIOANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

The spatially resolved characterisation of Egyptian blue, Han blue and Han purple by photo-induced luminescence digital imaging

(2009) G. Verri   ANALYTICAL AND BIOANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

EVIDENCE FOR THE USE OF EGYPTIAN BLUE IN AN 11TH CENTURY MURAL ALTARPIECE BY SEM-EDS, FTIR AND SR XRD (CHURCH OF SANT PERE, TERRASSA, SPAIN)

(2009) A. LLUVERAS et al.   ARCHAEOMETRY

Metal provenancing using isotopes and the Oxford archaeological lead isotope database (OXALID)

(2009) Zofia Anna Stos-Gale et al.   Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences

The production technology of Egyptian blue and green frits from second millennium BC Egypt and Mesopotamia

(2008) G.D. Hatton et al.   JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE