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Alabaster sculpture of a man, Syria, 2400 BCE (media.piefed.social)
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[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 3 points 2 days ago

In certain conditions, paint can be very well preserved. Painting objects out in the elements, like public statues, need regular touching up, but a piece that's been buried in an arid environment can retain its pigments for an extremely long time. We still find cave paintings, for example.