Researchers using a cutting-edge technique have discovered hidden details in two ancient Egyptian paintings in the Theban Necropolis, near the River Nile, that date back more than 3,000 years.

The first is a painting of Ramesses II, an Egyptian pharaoh also known as Ramesses the Great, in which his headdress, necklace and sceptre have been substanially reworked.

Portable technology can reveal hidden details in ancient Egyptian paintings, research suggests. An international team of scientists has uncovered the alterations made to two ancient Egyptian ...

The rock art panel shows a boat dragged ... shoulder of a seated figure inside the boat's inner structure, possibly a cabin. . | Credit: Dorian Vanhulle (2025); Antiquity Publications Ltd. An ancient ...

10:34, Thu, Jul 13, 2023 Updated: 15:13, Thu, Jul 13, 2023 Chemical imaging technology has revealed hidden details in ancient Egyptian paintings for the first time in more than three millennia ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have identified the country’s first recorded astronomical observatory, which, according to experts, is the “first and largest” discovery of its kind, Live Science ...

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