#egyptian-blue-pigment

#egyptian-blue-pigment

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.

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.