Red paint on 1,000-year-old gold mask from Peru contains human blood proteins (IMAGE)

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Red paint on 1,000-year-old gold mask from Peru contains human blood proteins

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A red paint sample taken from a 1,000-year-old mask excavated from a Sicán tomb in Peru contains human blood and bird egg proteins, in addition to a red pigment.

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Adapted from Journal of Proteome Research 2021, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.1c00472

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