% f# C, m, z$ g* K7 p* T" {贝尔焦诺说，塞浦路斯人可能是从埃及人那里学到了制作香水的方法，因为当时两国关系密切。考古学家曾在一座古埃及的墓穴中发现过香水，这座墓穴被认为是公元前3000年前古埃及的一个皇族墓穴。在此发现的香水中混有植物油和动物油。 : |* m/ N' y9 I9 q& V7 b- J s 6 }3 r7 C4 [4 q香水对于古人而言不仅可发挥吸引嗅觉的作用，还因为其中的芳香树脂具有医药效用，在宗教祭典和葬礼仪式中使用。除香水外，此番在塞浦路斯发现的古香水作坊中还发现有炼铜铺子、酒窖和橄榄油榨取坊等遗迹。9 T1 F, p; S+ G- v
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成分：薰衣草、迷迭香、松木、芫荽、欧芹、香柠檬、苦杏仁、月桂以及橄榄油等。 * P4 P: W4 x6 H0 N0 c' `3 ~1 i 9 Z) O; {/ ]& a0 [$ I制作方法：将碾碎的香草加进油和水里，再把混合物装进长颈小瓶中，最后将瓶子放在灰烬上烤１２小时。 Z* T- M! T/ I" j: U
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评价： % I t& {" U' o4 n( I& k" m * S- ]6 a* f. h5 }0 q2 P「香水闻起来不错。」——女游客阿莱夏•阿凡纳塔 : R( ]0 @% `4 A" y+ |8 f- y& G- l) m6 ]: \( A
「我能闻出有松脂味。」——参观者朱丽娅- b) z9 a) g, G" H( l( U) g
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7 J) m2 N; Z4 y' d1 _4000-year-old perfumes found on Aphrodite's fabled island; ~( R a1 P9 l3 d
The remains of ancient scents and bottles found on Cyprus have gone in display, writes Malcolm Moore.; y3 N: Z3 x: n3 v6 e- e
( q" a1 N0 b$ h+ VITALIAN archaeologists have found the world's oldest perfumes on Cyprus.) P! j; s) }: s3 h
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The remaining traces found at Pyrgos, in the south of the island, are more than 4000 years old.: R8 J. K0 i3 d2 S/ f$ B; ]9 R4 P
! i" |+ d' n7 M3 k3 ?) h& yThey were discovered inside what archaeologists believe was an 3995-square-metre perfume-making factory. 0 ^% d8 T* c4 u5 O . G- O& i" B% V; c" [# C"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."7 K% V0 _" ^7 x+ m2 A
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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.. X) H3 ^9 O% C; \& k
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The abundance of perfumes fits well with Cyprus' mythological status as the birthplace of Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love. 3 n0 P: D2 M+ A- a: e 5 ]( G) v8 e. x6 D6 A"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.2 c5 A" F& R0 T7 i6 H
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The finds are now on display at the Capitoline Museum in Rome. 1 H6 ^ F0 c$ N, f4 e + A2 C( m6 `) _2 m7 u# DFour of the perfumes have been re-created from residues found at the site. - `2 K8 ]! | `1 z. C9 m* U' h8 [* u
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.5 q" m3 o; \# w* T
8 r7 c. k5 k+ }8 i"It smells good, but strong," museum visitor Alessia Affinata, 30, said. "I can smell the pine especially," said Giulia Occhi Villavecchia, 23. 9 Y: u: m8 n. o ) ~% V5 i- b9 o2 F# xNeither was sure they would actually wear them.
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