about that Spanish pigment on the Egyptian mummy

That headline about Spanish pigment being used on an Egyptian mummy seemed to be a fun bit of news when it first appeared. However, it was just the headline that seized my imagination. The mummy dates to 2,000 years ago... of course there were elaborate trade networks across the Mediterranean at that time. Why wouldn't Spanish pigment not be used in Egypt?

It was a cool little discovery, but in my childish glee, i imagined that it was from a much earlier period, and would help validate my silly belief that civilization arose earlier than is conmventionally accepted. Wishing doesn't make it so though.