Smithsonian Magazine on MSN9d
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 ...
The earliest known synthetic pigment, Egyptian blue is found in some of the paint that still colors ancient statues ... with a powder of a contrasting color. The powder sticks to the unique ...
ZME Science on MSN15d
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 pigment.
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