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fromArtnet News
2 weeks ago
Arts

Just How Much Did Pompeii's Prized Blue Paint Cost? | Artnet News

Pompeii's newly discovered Blue Room shrine used six to ten pounds of rare Egyptian blue pigment, costing up to 90 percent of a soldier's annual salary, demonstrating extraordinary household wealth.
fromHyperallergic
3 weeks ago
Arts

How Much Did It Cost to Paint a Pompeii Room Egyptian Blue?

Egyptian blue pigment cost Roman homeowners 50-90% of a legionary's annual salary to cover a single room, making it an extraordinarily expensive luxury item in first-century CE Pompeii.
History
fromwww.thehistoryblog.com
4 weeks ago

Origin of repatriated erotic mosaic uncovered

A Nazi-looted mosaic depicting an intimate domestic scene was repatriated to Pompeii, but research revealed it originated in Latium, not Pompeii or its surrounding region.
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