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 ...
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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.
Egyptian blue, also known as calcium copper silicate or cuprorivaite, was developed more than 4,000 years ago in Egypt and Mesopotamia.
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