![Photo shows the newly discovered room of the Nero Domus Aurea, which has been dubbed the Sphinx Room. (VCG/PARCO ARCHEOLOGICO DEL COLOSSEO)
Rome archaeologists have rediscovered the Sala della Sfinge, the Room of the Sphinx, hidden at Emperor Nero\'s Domus Aurea or Golden Palace for almost 2,000 years.](http://www.ecns.cn/hd/2019/05/13/dd555f709e7a4adb9527f8cd8726fec5.jpg)
Photo shows the newly discovered room of the Nero Domus Aurea, which has been dubbed the Sphinx Room. (VCG/PARCO ARCHEOLOGICO DEL COLOSSEO)
Rome archaeologists have rediscovered the Sala della Sfinge, the Room of the Sphinx, hidden at Emperor Nero's Domus Aurea or Golden Palace for almost 2,000 years.
![Photo shows paintings on the walls in the newly discovered room of the Nero Domus Aurea, in Rome. (VCG/PARCO ARCHEOLOGICO DEL COLOSSEO)](http://www.ecns.cn/hd/2019/05/13/322e24a938a64bd28ab6fc502347e46c.jpg)
Photo shows paintings on the walls in the newly discovered room of the Nero Domus Aurea, in Rome. (VCG/PARCO ARCHEOLOGICO DEL COLOSSEO)
![Photo shows details of a decoration in the newly discovered room of the Nero Domus Aurea, in Rome. (VCG/PARCO ARCHEOLOGICO DEL COLOSSEO)](http://www.ecns.cn/hd/2019/05/13/49c6deb8f563430aa841d4f0b41d8278.jpg)
Photo shows details of a decoration in the newly discovered room of the Nero Domus Aurea, in Rome. (VCG/PARCO ARCHEOLOGICO DEL COLOSSEO)
![Photo shows paintings on the walls in the newly discovered room of the Nero Domus Aurea, in Rome. (VCG/PARCO ARCHEOLOGICO DEL COLOSSEO)](http://www.ecns.cn/hd/2019/05/13/747692e559cd40b38bfc3a77963639ca.jpg)
Photo shows paintings on the walls in the newly discovered room of the Nero Domus Aurea, in Rome. (VCG/PARCO ARCHEOLOGICO DEL COLOSSEO)