Hidden mysteries in ancient Egyptian paintings from the Theban Necropolis observed by in-situ XRF mapping
Fig 1
Observation of the painting of Menna.
A: Visible picture. B: UV fluorescence picture. C and D: macro-photographs showing the colour of the first painting. E: MA-XRF study on an area of 12.8 x 22.8 cm2, scanned with a dwell time of 0.33 s/pixel and a step size of 1.0 mm. All distribution images are corresponding to the number of counts in the X-ray K-lines of the elements. All data are shown in S1 Fig).