2.4kg Egyptian blue ingot found in Nero's grand palace in Rome
Egyptian blue, also known as calcium copper silicate or cuprorivaite, was developed more than 4,000 years ago in Egypt and ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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Egyptian Blue: The Prized Dye Used In Egyptian Mummy Portraits, Roman Frescoes, And ...
Archaeologists excavating the remains of Rome's "Golden House," the opulent palace that Emperor Nero built for himself right ...
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Massive Piece of World’s Oldest Synthetic Pigment Discovered in Palace of Infamous Roman ...
Deep beneath Rome’s Domus Aurea, archaeologists have unearthed a rare ingot of Egyptian blue — the world’s first synthetic ...
Bright blue chunk found in Rome turns out to be rare 2,000-year-old material. See it
The colorful material weighed over 5 pounds and was likely made to decorate an emperor’s palace, Italian officials said.
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Archaeology breakthrough as 'Egyptian blue' ingot found in historic site
Archaeologists working at Emperor Nero’s grand palace in Rome, known as Domus Aurea, uncovered a rare and rather big Egyptian blue ingot. Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus was a Roman ...
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Bright blue chunk found in Rome turns out to be rare 2,000-year-old material. See it
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 ...
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Large Egyptian Blue Ingot Recovered from Emperor Nero’s Palace in Rome
Archaeologists working at the Domus Aurea, Emperor Nero’s grand palace in ancient Rome, have uncovered a rare and remarkable artifact: a large ingot of Egyptian blue, the world’s first synthetic ...
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The Met’s New Aida Visits the Other Met
The soprano Angel Blue, the star of the new production of Verdi’s ancient-Egypt spectacle, goes to the Temple of Dendur, ...