The discovery might illuminate the link between the blue pigment's ancient Egyptian roots and its rediscovery by Renaissance ...

Once vassals to pharaohs, the Kushite kings of Nubia took control of Egypt for almost a century. Embracing Egyptian rituals, ...

On the grounds of Emperor Nero’s grand palace, where legendary parties once shocked and amazed, archaeologists have uncovered ...

Archaeologists in Rome have discovered beautiful, ancient paint—but not just any paint. Known as “Egyptian Blue ... artisans used to decorate the palace complex almost 2,000 years ago.

The team also uncovered one of the most intriguing figures yet from ancient Egypt, a physician and royal doctor. Teti Neb Fu held prestigious titles such as chief palace physician, priest and ...

Excavations at Domus Aurea, the former imperial residence of Roman emperor Nero, have yielded remnants of the rare Egyptian ...

Deep beneath the heart of Rome, underneath Nero’s lavish Domus Aurea, archaeologists have uncovered a rare ingot of Egyptian blue — the world’s first synthetic pigment. Hidden for nearly 2,000 years, ...

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 emperor, ...

"Teti Neb Fu held prestigious titles such as Chief Palace Physician ... of Cairo as "one of the most important cities in ancient Egyptian history," says the Ministry’s website.

Inscriptions on his tomb suggest that Teti Neb Fu was famous in ancient Egypt and had a number of titles. These include "chief doctor of the palace" as well as "priest and magician" of the goddess ...

This type of artificial pigment dates back over 5,000 years to ancient Egypt and was popular in the ... to the construction of the Domus Aurea, a palace built in Rome about 2,000 years ago under ...