{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["13(1)"],"submitter":["Autran PO"],"funding":["ESRF","Institut Néel"],"pubmed_abstract":["Illustrated papyruses from Ancient Egypt have survived across millennia, depicting with vivid colors numerous stories and practices from a distant past. We have investigated a series of illustrated papyruses from Champollion's private collection showing scenes from the Book of the Dead, a document essential to prepare for the afterlife. The nature of the different pigments and their distribution are revealed by combining optical microscopy, Raman spectroscopy, and synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction and fluorescence. The standardized three-step process from the New Kingdom period was used, comprising a preparatory drawing made of red hematite, a coloring step using pigments from the Egyptian palette, and a final black contour drawn with a carbon-based ink. Interestingly, specific pigment "],"journal":["Scientific reports"],"pagination":["524"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9832040"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Illustrating papyrus in Ancient Egypt."],"pmcid":["PMC9832040"],"pubmed_authors":["Hodeau JL","Dejoie C","Dugand C","Gervason M","Bordet P","Anne M","Martinetto P","Autran PO"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Illustrating papyrus in Ancient Egypt.","description":"Illustrated papyruses from Ancient Egypt have survived across millennia, depicting with vivid colors numerous stories and practices from a distant past. We have investigated a series of illustrated papyruses from Champollion's private collection showing scenes from the Book of the Dead, a document essential to prepare for the afterlife. The nature of the different pigments and their distribution are revealed by combining optical microscopy, Raman spectroscopy, and synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction and fluorescence. The standardized three-step process from the New Kingdom period was used, comprising a preparatory drawing made of red hematite, a coloring step using pigments from the Egyptian palette, and a final black contour drawn with a carbon-based ink. Interestingly, specific pigment ","dates":{"release":"2023-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2023 Jan","modification":"2025-04-19T23:06:52.219Z","creation":"2025-04-19T23:06:52.219Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9832040","cross_references":{"pubmed":["36627360"],"doi":["10.1038/s41598-023-27761-7"]}}