Bright blue chunk found in Rome turns out to be rare 2,000-year-old material. See it
The colorful material weighed over 5 pounds and was likely made to decorate an emperor’s palace, Italian officials said.
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Archaeologists in Rome have just discovered an exceptional (and priceless) treasure in an ancient palace
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.
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Exceptional Discovery in Nero’s Domus Aurea in Rome: Pigments and a Massive Ingot of Egyptian Blue
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, ...
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Bright blue chunk found in Rome turns out to be rare 2,000-year-old material. See it
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 ...