EditorialPanel with Winged Figures, 5th century, From Egypt, Wood; painted in encaustic, H. 11 1/4 in. (28.6 cm), Wood, The pair of naturalistically rendered winged figures, possibly angels, are painted in encaustic, or melted colored wax, the medium used for t...
EditorialNervous system Leonardo da Vinci's drawing. 15 th century. Leonardo studies the central nervous system in the ox brain an ingenious technique allows him to reproduce the shape of the brain ventricles by filling them with melted wax. Copy.
EditorialA mushroom mille-feuille with juicy, oil-poached cherry tomatoes and melted Moses Sleeper cheese at Claud in New York, Oct. 27, 2022. (Daniel Krieger/The New York Times)
EditorialKate Valdez’s family cools off from the heat in the frigid Klickitat River, which flows with melted snowpack from Mount Adams, in Glenwood, Wash., on June 26, 2022. (Ruth Fremson/The New York Times)
EditorialKate Valdez’s family cools off from the heat in the frigid Klickitat River, which flows with melted snowpack from Mount Adams, in Glenwood, Wash., on June 26, 2022. (Ruth Fremson/The New York Times)
EditorialAn electric service meter, melted by the Calf Canyon/Hermit's Peak fire on the Diaz family?s ranch, near Sapello, N.M., June 4, 2022. (Minesh Bacrania/The New York Times)