- Y- s1 l3 Z+ A5 D作为爱神阿芙罗狄蒂的出生地，大量香水的发现恰好与塞浦路斯的文化渊源相吻合。塞浦路斯文物机构的官员表示，有关爱神的许多神话都与香水有关，她巧妙地借助香水施展女性魅力。 * d% ^6 `4 P( g. d }# M: T 1 [$ V5 h' X3 V+ Y% [这座古作坊散发著数种植物的混合香味。这些以希腊神话中女神们的名字命名的香水，萃取了数种天然植物混合而成。考古学家在一些石膏小瓶中发现了提取香料的植物，包括薰衣草、迷迭香以及橄榄油等。5 H6 D+ t8 ^: K+ t& g
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此番发现的香水现陈列在罗马卡比托奈山丘博物馆内。其中的4种香水已被科学家成功复制。 7 y9 `& P: x4 Q/ z* ? T/ q" ^% `: D/ h$ B
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$ y+ u) ?( H/ y: @' G6 H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。* _6 n" o T( ~$ X
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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 Z* ] f/ W+ t) E& k
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千年香水秘方 3 e1 I R8 k% i# }& N% q I 6 P% ^) F0 k! M# u$ L: g( m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。- f2 |9 n, b/ |- ^
/ b1 H: I) r7 [8 c# Z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。 ) U3 P9 p! a; C! V6 q$ P2 Y. I6 g& v6 ] ^& x3 j
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「香水闻起来不错。」——女游客阿莱夏•阿凡纳塔, O; i2 [( f U2 n
5 w+ F7 U5 \6 J( L「我能闻出有松脂味。」——参观者朱丽娅 ( Z7 U# e; _4 G- Q* P' X& C# l. @5 e9 a
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The remains of ancient scents and bottles found on Cyprus have gone in display, writes Malcolm Moore.* q/ l! S) t1 o0 F8 ^
, d; d0 g- ^+ B1 t* j* t! O8 fITALIAN archaeologists have found the world's oldest perfumes on Cyprus. 2 N. d4 [3 S- A& S: }6 K. `. h) \ p: f! a5 w
The perfumes were scented with extracts of lavender, bay, rosemary, pine or coriander and kept in tiny translucent alabaster bottles." x$ h) T" r4 q9 P
1 n, e! V" x# j5 t0 K+ cThe remaining traces found at Pyrgos, in the south of the island, are more than 4000 years old.4 X: B: I/ D' d$ m* L
! x1 Y" ~% Q4 u* x' E1 J- HThey were discovered inside what archaeologists believe was an 3995-square-metre perfume-making factory.& s, T0 s* G6 l$ e0 K
# C* ?) q, t2 q2 Z+ g"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."8 e' ~$ a7 N5 g! L# h- s6 o" x
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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.$ m, w; D8 @/ E$ J1 L: ^7 c
9 N! ~4 s, w/ YThe abundance of perfumes fits well with Cyprus' mythological status as the birthplace of Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love.. T( L0 ~$ e/ |+ s; U3 b
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"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." z" Z( t$ a) _* |& D* C8 A
$ T; s8 ?4 O) H* g* QThe finds are now on display at the Capitoline Museum in Rome.9 |$ f) V, x' O" A( ^; U P
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Four of the perfumes have been re-created from residues found at the site.5 @, m. W4 m+ b8 s I" S
) i' V0 c$ g m- A: b+ Z0 ~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. " u2 v1 d# _* F+ r/ O! ^) ~. b 8 d# r2 o7 O: [2 n$ M"It smells good, but strong," museum visitor Alessia Affinata, 30, said. "I can smell the pine especially," said Giulia Occhi Villavecchia, 23.0 U$ L( }$ s9 n) q
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Neither was sure they would actually wear them.
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