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 ...

Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. LiveScience The ancient Maya used a vivid, remarkably durable blue paint to cover their palace walls, codices, pottery and maybe even ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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CHICAGO—Anthropologists from Wheaton College (Illinois) and The Field Museum have discovered how the ancient Maya produced an unusual and widely studied blue pigment that was used in offerings, ...