Word: paint
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Perhaps the most dramatic aspect of the discovery is the remarkable state in which the ceramic vases inside have been preserved. The colors are vibrant and the decorative motifs almost perfectly preserved. The vases are unique because they were stuccoed and then coated with paint, but not fired. One archaeologist called the condition of the pottery absolutely "shocking...
...first week. He lacks Carson's easygoing charisma, and he barrels through interviews as if he can't wait to get to the end of the question sheet. But his monologues are sharper than Carson's, and he has given the show a needed coat of fresh (mostly purple) paint, with hipper musical guests (the Black Crowes) and fewer Las Vegas geriatrics. One question: How many of the people lamenting Johnny's departure actually watched him during the past 10 years...
...book's details of the garden's design laterinspired Mayhugh to paint three detailed areas ofhis concept of the garden. Mayhugh says he wasable to produce a set of paintings which depictthree distinct natural settings...
...conservation process took four years. No retouching of the original paint was allowed; the purpose was to preserve rather than enhance. Areas where paint and plaster had disappeared were left bare. But many of the murals are remarkably intact, the colors as rich and vivid as if they had been applied yesterday...
...wall. In the sarcophagus chamber, conservators discovered a row of fingerprints left along a string line by a careless craftsman. In one corner, a contractor had scratched in hieroglyphics his accounting of work completed. And on one pillar, Nefertari's flesh-toned cheek is splotched with blue ceiling paint. Could it be that she died before the tomb was completed and the artisans in their haste failed to remove the blemish? Rather than a distraction from Nefertari's beauty, the imperfection serves as a bridge of human identification spanning the ages...