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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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Archaeologists Uncover Unusually Large Chunk of Rare ‘Egyptian Blue’ in Nero’s Palace
Archaeologists in Rome have discovered beautiful, ancient ... the palace complex almost 2,000 years ago. Among the brilliant colors, researchers were most excited to find a rare chunk of Egyptian ...
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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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Ancient Egyptian tombs discovered in same city as King Tut
Inside these unique tombs ... Djehuti-Mes was the overseer of an ancient Egyptian queen's palace. And a cemetery, known as the Assassif Ptolemaic Necropolis, is a burial site where only high ...
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Egypt unveils ancient rock-cut tombs and burial shafts in Luxor
Hawass told reporters that the discoveries could "reconstruct history" and offer an understanding of the type of programs ancient Egyptians designed inside a temple. The archaeologists also found ...
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Ancient doctor — expert in venomous bites — found buried in Egypt. See inside his tomb
The ancient Egyptians would go on to change the world ... The sarcophagus found inside the tomb was also inscribed with the name of its occupant and his titles, according to the post.