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Ancient Perfume Found On Venus' Island (Cyprus)
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| 3-16-2007
Posted on 03/17/2007 11:13:20 AM PDT by blam
Published: March 16, 2007 at 2:24 PM
Ancient perfume found on Venus' island
ROME, March 16 (UPI) -- Archaeologists exploring Cyprus, said to be home to Venus, the goddess of love, have stumbled upon the world's oldest known perfume factory.
A display of the prehistoric scents and 60 objects from the Cyprus discovery can be seen at Rome's Capitoline Museums, ANSA reported. The distilling equipment is believed to be 4,000 years old.
"We were astonished at how big the place was ... Perfumes must have been produced on an industrial scale. No wonder the island got its reputation for possessing the skills of Aphrodite," said National Research Council archaeologist Maria Rosa Belgiorno, using the Greek name for Venus, ANSA reported.
Perfumes are displayed in alabaster vials found in 2003 and are made of olive oil, pine, coriander, laurel, bergamot, parsley and bitter almonds, ANSA said.
The scents are named after the Greek goddesses Aphrodite, Hera, Athena and Artemis.
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: alabaster; ancient; bergamot; bitteralmonds; caphtor; coriander; cyprus; godsgravesglyphs; keftiu; laurel; oliveoil; parsley; perfume; pine; venus
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posted on
03/17/2007 11:13:23 AM PDT
by
blam
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
03/17/2007 11:14:30 AM PDT
by
blam
To: patton
allergy alert ping, babe :)
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posted on
03/17/2007 11:15:16 AM PDT
by
leda
(The quiet girl on the stairs.)
To: blam
4,000 years of helping men make amneds for their screwups.
To: blam
Perfumes are displayed in alabaster vials found in 2003 and are made of olive oil, pine, coriander, laurel, bergamot, parsley and bitter almonds, ANSA said. "bitter almonds"? Eau de Hillary?
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posted on
03/17/2007 11:21:39 AM PDT
by
Night Hides Not
(Chuck Hagel makes Joe Biden look like a statesman!)
To: blam
Being olfactorily fixated like a blue tick hound, I have only the greatest respect for the scents of the gods.
A BIG Snarfffffff to the ancient art of perfumery. A sniff is as good as break.
I often wonder why Freud settled on anal and oral fixation stereotypes. Olfactory fixation is much more interesting, as any dog will tell you.
And many perfume technicians do earn their living by sniff alone, as do many wine and whiskey blenders.
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03/17/2007 11:26:10 AM PDT
by
Candor7
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posted on
03/17/2007 11:27:54 AM PDT
by
Jedi Master Pikachu
( What is your take on Acts 15:20 (abstaining from blood) about eating meat? Could you freepmail?)
To: blam
the world's oldest known perfume factory. Channel No. 1
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posted on
03/17/2007 11:31:11 AM PDT
by
LasVegasMac
(Islam........not fit for human consumption.)
To: blam
A perfume with the scent of parsley.....ugh. (Parsley is for seasoning food, not humans).
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03/17/2007 11:38:01 AM PDT
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Jedi Master Pikachu
( What is your take on Acts 15:20 (abstaining from blood) about eating meat? Could you freepmail?)
To: blam; SunkenCiv
Timeless.
With a distinctive odeur.
Sometimes even tasteful.
To: Night Hides Not
""bitter almonds"? Eau de Hillary?"
Could be. Isn't bitter almonds a scent associated with cyanide?
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posted on
03/17/2007 12:10:08 PM PDT
by
mass55th
(Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway~~John Wayne)
To: mass55th
Could be. Isn't bitter almonds a scent associated with cyanide?LOL!!! I want you on my side for the next debate...you're definitely a step ahead of me...hadn't thought about the connection to cyanide.
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posted on
03/17/2007 12:22:15 PM PDT
by
Night Hides Not
(Chuck Hagel makes Joe Biden look like a statesman!)
To: mass55th
Now marketed as Old Pants Suit.
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posted on
03/17/2007 12:30:14 PM PDT
by
popdonnelly
(Hillary - the Empty Pants Suit)
To: Night Hides Not
"...you're definitely a step ahead of me...hadn't thought about the connection to cyanide."
LOL! Since I've retired, I've got more time to watch old mystery movies on Turner Classics. It's amazing what you can learn from them :-)
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posted on
03/17/2007 12:34:17 PM PDT
by
mass55th
(Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway~~John Wayne)
To: blam
Even after 4000 years these fragrances must smell better than Helen Thomas......
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posted on
03/17/2007 12:36:02 PM PDT
by
Enchante
(Joe Wilson: "DUH...What do you mean there is uranium smuggling from DR Congo?")
To: Enchante; mass55th
Even after 4000 years these fragrances must smell better than Helen Thomas......
Better stay the hell away from the bitter almonds! It could kill you!
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posted on
03/17/2007 12:37:55 PM PDT
by
Night Hides Not
(Chuck Hagel makes Joe Biden look like a statesman!)
To: blam
If someone would recreate this fragrance, especially in a replica of the original vial , I'd buy it, if only for the novelty value. I hope some capitalist sees the opportunity.
To: blam; FairOpinion; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 24Karet; 3AngelaD; 49th; ...
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03/17/2007 7:54:38 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
Thanks for the ping, Civ!
Cyprus is a wonderful place, and the people there are just marvelous.
And the Turkish armed occupation is now in its 33rd year. Where are the protests? Where is the UN?
It's not the first time, either. If you want to know what expansionary Islam has in store for us, just ask a Cypriot.
To: martin_fierro
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03/18/2007 10:00:37 AM PDT
by
PistolPaknMama
(Al-Queda can recruit on college campuses but the US military can't! --FReeper airborne)
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