Archaeologists have unearthed an intricately decorated blue room, interpreted as an ancient Roman shrine known as a sacrarium, during recent excavations in central Pompeii in Italy. The Italian ...

Blue scribbles on a 230-year ... The statue of the Roman Naiade, Sabrina, is carved from Coade stone - actually a ceramic made with a mix of clay, terracotta, silicates and glass - by sculptor ...