Recent excavations at Domus Aurea, the former imperial residence of Roman emperor Nero, have yielded remnants of a rare blue pigment that hint at the palace’s former glory. When Nero’s imperial palace ...

Archaeologists have found a secret, underground room inside Emporer Nero’s palace in Rome. The archaeologists happened upon a secret chamber “decorated with panthers, centaurs and a delightful sphinx” ...

People walk in the Domus Transitoria, the first imperial palace of Roman Emperor Nero on the Palatine Hill in Rome, during its opening for the press, Thursday, April 11, 2019. Following the great fire ...

Archaeologists excavating near the Colosseum found a rare chunk of Egyptian blue pigment dating back about 2,000 years. Photo from Simona Murrone and the Colosseum Archaeological Park Across the ...

A mysterious underground chamber has been discovered under the palace of Roman Emperor Nero, a secret that had been kept for almost 2,000 years. The chamber, which was found by archaeologists who were ...

Six years into a decade-long restoration effort, Italian authorities partially reopened Rome’s magnificent Domus Aurea (House of Gold) on Sunday, Reuters reports. The 300-room structure, now mostly ...

A richly decorated room at a palatial complex in Rome that belonged to Emperor Nero has been rediscovered for the first time in 2,000 years. Archaeologists accessed the room of the Domus Aurea and ...