Egyptian Fayence
"King Djoser was buried at Saqqara in what is known today as the Step Pyramid. Built during the Third Dynasty (2686–2613 BC), it is Egypt’s first pyramid tomb and the earliest stone building of its size in the world. Deep under the pyramid, in the maze of rooms surrounding the burial chamber, was one long corridor with recesses or ‘false doors’ decorated in raised relief showing the king engaged in various rituals. Framing these recesses and lining the walls between them were thousands of blue-green tiles arranged in imitation of reed matting. The rooms and tiled areas were repeated in the Southern Tomb, underground chambers in the southern part of the Step Pyramid complex that were built as the eternal home for the king’s spirit or soul. To decorate the chambers in these two tombs, more than 36,000 tiles were used."After a excursion to Egypt and making some research about scientific approaches to Egyptian Fayence, but there is not much out there about this phenomenal material. I came up about this topic to a good friend of mine Andreas M. Etter who is an Earth Scientist. Among other things, his knowledge in the chemistry of rocks, is essential to the experimental approach, where we want to find out more about the fascinating Egyptian Fayence. 
Ancient high-tech
Egyptian faience is a sintered-quartz ceramic material from Ancient Egypt. The sintering process covered with a true vitreous coating as the quartz underwent vitrification, creating a bright lustre of various colours usually in a transparent blue. Its name in the Ancient Egyptian language was “Tjehenet”, and modern archeological terms for it include sintered quartz, glazed frit, and glazed composition.
Egyptian faience was very widely used for small objects, from beads to small statues, and is found in both elite and popular contexts. It was the most common material for scarabs and other forms of amulet and ushabti figures, and it was used in most forms of ancient Egyptian jewellery, as the glaze made it smooth against the skin. Larger applications included cups and bowls, and wall tiles, mostly used for temples.
