A Pigment That Defined the Renaissance Was Just Discovered in the Ruins of Nero’s ‘Golden House’
The Domus Aurea, or Golden House, was the sprawling palace of the Roman emperor Nero. Archaeologists recently uncovered a ...
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Bright blue chunk found in Rome turns out to be rare 2,000-year-old material. See it
Across the street from the Colosseum in Rome, Italy ... Archaeologists sifted through the ruins of the Domus Aurea, also known as the Golden House of Nero, as part of an ongoing project, the ...
Nero’s grand palace reopens: Visitors can now explore the legendary Domus Aurea
Chris Livesay visited St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican to see the newly restored historical features. These features are ...
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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 ... Known as the “Golden House” of Emperor Nero, the Domus Aurea has never ceased to amaze, with this ...
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Sculpture showing typical Roman houses
Despite Rome’s glorious architecture ... including those who lived in the countryside – lived in a domus. This was a house built around an unroofed courtyard, or atrium.
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Rethinking Nero
Underneath Rome’s Oppian Hill ... The palace is called the Domus Aurea, or Golden House, erected by and for Nero. When the 30-year-old emperor’s crazed world exploded in A.D. 68, and he ...