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Thursday, October 28, 2010

Photo: Oldest Perfumes Found on "Aphrodite's Island"


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Clay jugs used to make and store ancient perfumes lie at an excavation site on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus. The 4,000-year-old fragrances—the world's oldest known perfumes—were re-created by an experimental archaeology center and are now on display at an Italian museum.

Photograph courtesy Maria Rosaria Belgiorno