Smithsonian Magazine on MSN2d
A Five-Pound Hunk of the World’s Oldest Known Synthesized Pigment Was Found in Nero’s PalaceThe discovery might illuminate the link between the blue pigment's ancient Egyptian roots and its rediscovery by Renaissance ...
Excavations at Domus Aurea, the former imperial residence of Roman emperor Nero, have yielded remnants of the rare Egyptian ...
Exceptional Discovery in Nero’s Domus Aurea in Rome: Pigments and a Massive Ingot of Egyptian Blue
This process was described by the Roman architect Vitruvius in his work De Architectura ... During the Renaissance, artists rediscovered the frescoes of the Domus Aurea, drawing inspiration from them ...
EnVols on MSN2d
Archaeologists in Rome have just discovered an exceptional (and priceless) treasure in an ancient palaceAn Egyptian blue pigment has just been unearthed beneath the Domus Aurea. A priceless discovery that tells us more about the arts in ancient Rome.
ZME Science on MSN8d
Massive Piece of World’s Oldest Synthetic Pigment Discovered in Palace of Infamous Roman EmperorDeep beneath Rome’s Domus Aurea, archaeologists have unearthed a rare ingot of Egyptian blue — the world’s first synthetic ...
Archaeologists working at Emperor Nero’s grand palace in Rome, known as Domus Aurea, uncovered a rare and ... find connects two crucial periods in art history: the Renaissance revival of its ...
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