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  • Only in Rome: Smell Aphrodite’s perfumes

    03/27/2007 9:48:43 AM PDT · by LibWhacker · 16 replies · 589+ views
    The Asian Age | AP ^ | 3/26/07 | Marta Falconi
    Rome, March 26: You can smell the scent of ancient history thanks to an exhibit in Rome featuring fragrances from the world’s oldest known perfume factory. On display at the Capitoline Museums are four perfumes — a mix of natural spices and olive oil — recreated by a team of archaeologists from 14 original fragrances dating from 4,000 years ago. Traces were found in Cyprus by archaeologists digging in the Pyrgos-Mavroraki site, some 90 km southwest of Nicosia, who turned up a complex they believe was used as a perfume lab. "The Perfumes of Aphrodite and the Secret of Oil"...