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A Five-Pound Hunk of the World's Oldest Known Synthesized Pigment Was Found in Nero's Palace
In the ruins of Rome’s opulent Domus Aurea palace, archaeologists have uncovered an array of ancient pigments used by artisans to paint the walls of the emperor Nero’s stately marble home with ...
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Sculpture showing typical Roman houses
Despite these differences, almost all citizens carefully observed the same rituals at dinner time – the rituals that made them Roman ... lived in a domus. This was a house built around an ...
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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, the palatial residence built by Emperor Nero ... The find thus connects two key periods in the history of art: the decorative splendor of the Roman Empire and the ...
Archaeologists Uncover Unusually Large Chunk of Rare ‘Egyptian Blue’ in Nero’s Palace
The archaeologists unearthed two tubs that, among other things, were used to process the colorful pigments while the palace was under construction. Presumably from within the tubs, they recovered an ...
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Bright blue chunk found in Rome turns out to be rare 2,000-year-old material. See it
Archaeologists sifted through the ruins of the Domus Aurea, also known as the ... 5,000 years to ancient Egypt and was popular in the Roman Empire. The block of blue pigment measured about 6 ...
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Egyptian Blue: The Prized Dye Used In Egyptian Mummy Portraits, Roman Frescoes, And Renaissance Masterpieces
The Roman era further fueled the trade of this blue dye, resulting in the color’s widespread use across the empire ... Excavations At Rome’s Domus Aurea Reveal A Five-Pound Ingot Of Egyptian ...