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  • X-Ray Imaging Reveals Hidden ‘First Drafts’ in Ancient Egyptian Paintings

    X-Ray Imaging Reveals Hidden ‘First Drafts’ in Ancient Egyptian Paintings

    A team of researchers recently studied paintings in the Theban Necropolis near the Nile River using X-ray fluorescence imaging and discovered never-before-seen details of the painting process. Under X-ray light, the 3,100-year-old paintings glowed with their artists’ first drafts, hidden to the naked eye for millennia. The team’s research was published this week in PLoS…