The colorful material weighed over 5 pounds and was likely made to decorate an emperor’s palace, Italian officials said.
An Egyptian blue pigment has just been unearthed beneath the Domus Aurea. A priceless discovery that tells us more about the arts in ancient Rome.
The monumental Domus Aurea ... described by the Roman architect Vitruvius in his work De Architectura (Book VII, Chapter 11). Known since at least the third millennium BCE in Egypt and Mesopotamia, ...
Photo from Simona Murrone and the Colosseum Archaeological Park Across the street from the Colosseum in Rome ... rare ancient material. Archaeologists sifted through the ruins of the Domus ...