Stunning decorations of a sphinx, centaur and panther revealed on the walls of ...

Stunning decorations of a sphinx, centaur and panther are revealed for the first time in 2,000 years on the walls of the Domus Aurea palace built by the tyrannical Roman Emperor Nero The house was built by the controversial emperor in 64AD outside of Rome  Nero committed suicide four years later after being condemned to death  His palace was filled in with soil by Emperor Trajan for luxurious baths The rediscovered room includes motifs and elaborate decorations on the walls  The full room will not be unveiled due to concerns about its structural integrity  

By Joe Pinkstone For Mailonline

Published: 18:55 BST, 8 May 2019 | Updated: 21:02 BST, 8 May 2019

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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 found its walls adorned with panthers, centaurs and a mythical sphinx. 

Experts chanced upon the room of the 'Golden House' which is currently half exposed, with the bottom section still buried underneath two millennia of sediment.

Emperor Nero killed himself at the age of 30 after he was accused of initiating the Great Fire of Rome to build his enormous palace.  

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Archaeologists accessed the room of the Domus Aurea and found its walls adorned with panthers, centaurs (pictured) and a mythical sphinx.

Archaeologists accessed the room of the Domus Aurea and found its walls adorned with panthers, centaurs (pictured) and a mythical sphinx.

Various floral patterns were also found in the room. The full room will not be unveiled due to concerns about its structural integrity

Various floral patterns were also found in the room. The full room will not be unveiled due to concerns about its structural integrity

Small figures are bordered in red and yellow on the walls, with a white background. 

One scene shows the god Pan, another a man armed with a sword, quiver of arrows and a shield fighting a panther while the sphinx image shows it on a pedestal.   

There are also aquatic creatures, both real and imagined, architectural motifs of the time, vegetal garlands and branches of trees with delicate green, yellow and red leaves. 

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