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A Five-Pound Hunk of the World’s Oldest Known Synthesized Pigment Was Found in Nero’s Palace
The discovery might illuminate the link between the blue pigment's ancient Egyptian roots and its rediscovery by Renaissance ...
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A Huge Chunk of Prized Egyptian Blue Pigment Is Uncovered in Nero’s Palace
Excavations at Domus Aurea, the former imperial residence of Roman emperor Nero, have yielded remnants of the rare Egyptian ...
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Archaeologists uncover rare 4000-year-old stone in Emperor Nero's palace
In Rome, archaeologists at the Domus Aurea, Emperor Nero's grand palace, have made a striking discovery: an uncommonly large Egyptian blue ingot. Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, known for ...
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Archaeology breakthrough as one of the most precious materials discovered in emperor's home
Archaeologists have unearthed a rare and substantial Egyptian blue ingot at Emperor Nero's Domus Aurea palace in Rome, ...