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4000-year-old perfumes found on Aphrodite's fabled island# `9 A. O; @( B _
The remains of ancient scents and bottles found on Cyprus have gone in display, writes Malcolm Moore. ; O# [' J3 v- |7 @$ I H3 _/ T! Z' \: O Y* f
ITALIAN archaeologists have found the world's oldest perfumes on Cyprus. ! e' A% Q# W' Y. a. C9 ?2 ^ u: ^% Q' K$ ~The perfumes were scented with extracts of lavender, bay, rosemary, pine or coriander and kept in tiny translucent alabaster bottles.& b1 d( }$ I9 u y
$ R% I6 ^8 H( n& cThe remaining traces found at Pyrgos, in the south of the island, are more than 4000 years old. / I- I/ ~6 [' e3 p- n$ y9 [ j) @' M7 w# |8 R1 o) p2 u& P) b
They were discovered inside what archaeologists believe was an 3995-square-metre perfume-making factory.4 f* G0 }$ {% |6 u- `
% j$ w0 Q' ~# f2 L"We were astonished at how big the place was," the leader of the archaeological team, Maria Rosa Belgiorno, said. "Perfumes must have been produced on an industrial scale." 4 t9 x+ c6 v" t5 ^' b E . m* T" b4 J c# G; ]At least 60 stills, mixing bowls, funnels and perfume bottles were perfectly preserved at the site, which had been blanketed in earth after a violent earthquake about 1850BC.3 Q H* w3 V; T5 C
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The abundance of perfumes fits well with Cyprus' mythological status as the birthplace of Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love. ! \7 P7 O6 b9 U0 n% ^ ' a1 b l# V& M' m9 [8 B& g& O+ _"The goddess' myth was strongly linked to the perfume she used to get what she wanted," the head of Cyprus' antiquities department, Pavlos Flourentzos, said. ( X* a$ X' ?$ e# X# U0 {% M; Y a2 g' b3 T
The finds are now on display at the Capitoline Museum in Rome.! w9 m0 q4 Z& P; z
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Four of the perfumes have been re-created from residues found at the site. & M, [; G C' p8 q) `. ^1 ^ f) }9 \: {% T* { g% b
An Italian foundation, which aims to re-create antique traditions, distilled them according to techniques described by Pliny the Elder, by grinding the herbs, adding them to oil and water, and burying them in a long-necked jug over hot embers for 12 hours.7 b: z: h3 M6 d R% ]' p7 c7 W
g- T% M; ]6 e5 t9 Q"It smells good, but strong," museum visitor Alessia Affinata, 30, said. "I can smell the pine especially," said Giulia Occhi Villavecchia, 23.& z8 R' w, K0 y1 c
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Neither was sure they would actually wear them.
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