Excavations at Domus Aurea, the former imperial residence of Roman emperor Nero, have yielded remnants of the rare Egyptian ...
Egyptian blue, also known as calcium copper silicate or cuprorivaite, was developed more than 4,000 years ago in Egypt and ...
Deep beneath Rome’s Domus Aurea, archaeologists have unearthed a rare ingot of Egyptian blue — the world’s first synthetic ...
The archaeologists unearthed two tubs that, among other things, were used to process the colorful pigments while the palace ...
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 excavating near the Colosseum found a rare chunk of Egyptian blue pigment dating back about 2,000 years. Photo from Simona Murrone and the Colosseum Archaeological Park Across the ...