# I* k5 C# K( ~; d在这座古作坊里，考古学家至少发现了60个保存完好的蒸馏器具、香料搅拌碗、漏斗和香水瓶。这些器具在公元前约1850年一次剧烈的火山喷发后被湮没，直至这次才重见天日。 ' d; v4 E' F4 B( P$ @1 J2 Z' i+ L9 v! s: w
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。/ v( r, N3 j$ S E
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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。 4 t8 B' M) d0 F+ d* V6 D; K$ {9 y# G1 t1 Y' L: e& A/ Q1 n
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。 ; {+ F) H* |# _9 M" ^3 J$ R3 s2 Y# }* k6 d6 |, w" o
制作方法师从埃及人* _3 t, S0 G% Q1 b7 C1 r
- t. o3 x: J7 u/ H O$ b# F/ {+ @% j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。 * d" b% j3 M; w: j% L* h" ]1 @6 r$ k1 m! J) Q% a4 |. I9 v \
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。# H7 S, h$ m4 M1 X- R/ z; l$ J( c, i
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) V* t; e) P4 v! \. a. L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。 $ K* t) k2 H% T+ o& u , g' Y% f; Y/ f6 o" g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。 6 i! ^5 _4 j* `, n9 E2 |% G3 @. [) J6 p9 K# y
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「香水闻起来不错。」——女游客阿莱夏•阿凡纳塔( W: R( x1 [8 I2 P" |2 l0 K
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「我能闻出有松脂味。」——参观者朱丽娅& t- T! W1 H4 R6 ?
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4000-year-old perfumes found on Aphrodite's fabled island ( }3 t2 R/ \" v/ w0 a- FThe remains of ancient scents and bottles found on Cyprus have gone in display, writes Malcolm Moore.% n$ Z1 N" s6 `/ T
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ITALIAN archaeologists have found the world's oldest perfumes on Cyprus. 8 s7 H4 i! I# n' k7 U0 j ) ] ?% i/ u" b/ u4 B7 y2 ^9 bThe perfumes were scented with extracts of lavender, bay, rosemary, pine or coriander and kept in tiny translucent alabaster bottles., ?* X* |2 }/ f6 @+ ?
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The remaining traces found at Pyrgos, in the south of the island, are more than 4000 years old. ! R( T7 C+ c5 n+ N P t" d9 E0 D/ U, c9 s$ `. i) i
They were discovered inside what archaeologists believe was an 3995-square-metre perfume-making factory. ' V; g# k$ q' H! _/ q7 b 0 s& W4 z% p2 h. |"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 w0 _0 q. N( m& J , B+ W* ~- w1 D* XAt 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. 6 I" h0 C$ r7 n5 x- r 5 `7 x. a0 R, W! pThe abundance of perfumes fits well with Cyprus' mythological status as the birthplace of Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love.0 u3 e, e' ~8 F+ k1 y: C- N2 R
; j& Z, \: B2 [4 }- U# G5 X) q"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. % o9 [" n0 c4 B+ x + Q8 ~; q b: ^ }9 p# k% ~The finds are now on display at the Capitoline Museum in Rome. 1 o" m. n0 n [7 T. G2 r9 j$ r0 p" p$ Q3 Z
Four of the perfumes have been re-created from residues found at the site." m& J0 d2 O" Z! B9 n
% p, K J* x4 iAn 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.& t5 ~. {: c2 r f
9 d( A# S1 a; M: O" [$ v0 F"It smells good, but strong," museum visitor Alessia Affinata, 30, said. "I can smell the pine especially," said Giulia Occhi Villavecchia, 23. ' z( g" F/ n1 G& S, m$ L# {+ h8 |
Neither was sure they would actually wear them.
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