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2,000-year-old cream shows aristocrat’s taste (Etruscan)
Discovery ^
| Jul 10, 2009
| Rossella Lorenzi
Posted on 07/10/2009 5:45:22 PM PDT by decimon
Archaeological Superintendency of Tuscany, Florence
Italian archaeologists have discovered lotion that is over 2,000 years old, left almost intact in the cosmetic case of an aristocratic Etruscan woman.
The discovery, which occurred four years ago in a necropolis near the Tuscan town of Chiusi, has just been made public, following chemical analysis which identified the original compounds of the ancient ointment. The team reports their findings in the July issue of the Journal of Archaeological Science.
Dating to the second half of the second century B.C., the intact tomb was found sealed by a large terracotta tile. The site featured a red-purple painted inscription with the name of the deceased: Thana Presnti Plecunia Umranalisa.
(Excerpt) Read more at msnbc.msn.com ...
TOPICS: History; Science
KEYWORDS: godsgravesglyphs
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posted on
07/10/2009 5:45:22 PM PDT
by
decimon
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
07/10/2009 5:45:59 PM PDT
by
decimon
To: decimon
Honey, have you seen my ointment?
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posted on
07/10/2009 6:36:44 PM PDT
by
blam
To: decimon; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; ...
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posted on
07/10/2009 6:39:36 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
To: blam
Doubt if Oil of Olay would hold up as well after 2,000 years. Clearly a factor next time I'm thinking of buying some.
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posted on
07/10/2009 6:42:06 PM PDT
by
MrsEmmaPeel
(a government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take everything you have)
To: MrsEmmaPeel
Clearly a factor...To the Max.
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posted on
07/10/2009 6:50:18 PM PDT
by
decimon
To: decimon
I think the diner this morning gave me cream older than that...
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posted on
07/10/2009 6:53:02 PM PDT
by
Larry Lucido
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To: Larry Lucido
I think the diner this morning gave me cream older than that...With any luck.
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posted on
07/10/2009 6:57:14 PM PDT
by
decimon
To: decimon
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posted on
07/10/2009 6:58:53 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
07/10/2009 7:04:04 PM PDT
by
decimon
To: decimon
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posted on
07/10/2009 7:05:54 PM PDT
by
MrsEmmaPeel
(a government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take everything you have)
To: decimon
"Emperor" Trajan88 gives this thread a thumb's up ;-)
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posted on
07/10/2009 7:53:02 PM PDT
by
Trajan88
(www.bullittclub.com)
To: decimon
This is a real vanity post
her ashes did not reveal if she had wrinkles around her eyes
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posted on
07/11/2009 10:16:41 AM PDT
by
bert
(K.E. N.P. +12 . The boy's war in Detriot has already cost more then the war in Iraq.)
To: SunkenCiv; decimon
Since moringa trees were not found in Italy — they are native to Sudan and Egypt — and given the Egyptian origins of the alabaster unguentarium, the researchers concluded that the ointment was imported to Etruria. She was rich.
Quick, Lord Obama, tax her!
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posted on
07/13/2009 9:21:14 AM PDT
by
colorado tanker
("Lastly, I'd like to apologize for America's disproportionate response to Pearl Harbor . . . ")
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