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1 day agoEtruscan urn's polychromy restored after 1966 Florence flood
The Bottarone Urn, a 425-380 B.C. Etruscan alabaster cinerary urn depicting a married couple, was restored to its original vivid polychromy after 60 years of mud damage from Florence's 1966 Arno River flood, revealing Egyptian blue pigment for the first time.