Ancient Egyptians Altered Book of the Dead with “Wite-Out,” Scholars Say

Researchers from Cambridge University’s Fitzwilliam Museum recently discovered that Ancient Egyptians used a 3,000-year-old version of Wite-Out to amend mistakes on their papyrus creations, The Art Newspaper reported Monday. Using x-ray fluorescence spectrometry, scholars determined that the ancient off-white fluid was composed of calcite, huntite, and miniscule flecks of yellow orpiment, a highly toxic sulfide of arsenic that […]