Samantha Childress on Substack: "Egyptian magic, day 11: paints that have stood the test of time. Before coming to Egypt, I pictured antiquity being devoid of color—it wasn’t (@Mike Sowden has written about this)! The ancient Egyptians decorated their tombs and temples in bright hues still visible thousands of …"

Egyptian magic, day 11: paints that have stood the test of time. Before coming to Egypt, I pictured antiquity being devoid of color—it wasn’t (

Mike Sowden

has written about this)! The ancient Egyptians decorated their tombs and temples in bright hues still visible thousands of years later.

Left to right: the temple of Ramses III at Medinat Habu, Nefertari’s tomb, the temple of Hathor at Dendera.

Samantha Childress

Egyptian magic, day 10: galabeyas. These long tunics are the traditional garb of farmers from the Nile Valley, and are common even in Cairo. In Upper Egypt, they tend to be either white or cornflower blue, which looks clean and crisp against the waters of the Nile.

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