The mystery of Maya blue has fascinated researchers since the discovery of artifacts still displaying this hue after millennia. A recent study reveals surprising details about this sacred color. Maya ...
Anthropologists have discovered how the ancient Maya produced an unusual, widely studied blue pigment that was used in offerings, pottery, murals and other contexts across Mesoamerica from A.D. 300 to ...
MSN: Secret of ancient Maya blue-pigment revealed from cracks and clues on a dozen bowls from Chichén Itzá
A Sherlock Holmes-style investigation has revealed the ancient method for the stunning pigment known as Maya blue — and it's different from a previous method uncovered nearly 20 years ago by the same ...
Secret of ancient Maya blue-pigment revealed from cracks and clues on a dozen bowls from Chichén Itzá
Al Jazeera English: ‘Maya blue’: The mystery dye recreated two centuries after it was lost
‘Maya blue’: The mystery dye recreated two centuries after it was lost
Artnet: In Pre-Industrial Europe, Blue Pigments Were Exceedingly Rare. But an Ocean Away, the Maya Had Their Own, Widely Available Blue
In Europe, before the Industrial Revolution and the invention of synthetic blue paints, artists used blue pigment—which was at times more expensive than gold—exceedingly rarely. Thanks to the high ...
In Pre-Industrial Europe, Blue Pigments Were Exceedingly Rare. But an Ocean Away, the Maya Had Their Own, Widely Available Blue
Phys.org: Scientists trace mineral sources for sacred Maya Blue in Late Classic pottery from Buenavista, Belize
In a recent study published in the journal Ancient Mesoamerica, Dr. Dean Arnold and his colleagues, Joseph Ball, Laure Dussubieux, and Jennifer Tachek, examined 17 samples of Maya Blue from pottery ...