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Audio Interchange File Format  |  1996-01-04  |  958.9 KB  |  1 channel  |  22,050 sample rate  |  44 seconds
Transcription: Ancient Egyptian painters worked on wood and stone. They coated these surfaces with white paint, sketched the image, and then painted it many colors. In ancient Egyptian paintings, each color had a meaning. For example, green was for resurrection. Men were usually painted with dark red skin, while women were painted with yellow tones. Some experts believe that this was meant to show that men spent more time in the sun than women did. To make paint, Egyptians powdered minerals, then mixed them with water and glue. White was made from chalk, black from soot, yellow from yellow ochre, and red fro ...