4 t) o6 m& C, E' ` D) S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。$ p1 |+ x. R0 m" C
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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。 }6 S6 |4 G5 W% ]' Y. Q Q & D, V; ^' [2 h) g- I/ R, A* b+ C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。 " k8 a* T1 o% Z0 U6 [3 x% ^* E9 b6 h9 F- W" f" Y ^
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。, Z" O4 S- V1 Y: k
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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。 + U2 B9 I4 a# ]. R ; J0 c$ h% E, K$ N- [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。- F) u2 P# N! [0 C) }5 \* b
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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。 : f% V* O: }1 }% U8 v+ B 1 g/ _" s* \5 j+ S评价：0 e, Y: q) s/ _. j
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「香水闻起来不错。」——女游客阿莱夏•阿凡纳塔 6 _, R1 X" v( h7 {9 y' b' ^, W+ w , e0 O' J$ g# {6 J7 [「我能闻出有松脂味。」——参观者朱丽娅 4 q9 U6 j, R% s0 p; G( J. D7 m8 z8 o- ~( B9 V- N U
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4000-year-old perfumes found on Aphrodite's fabled island$ b9 e d- m4 J" A4 Q7 e2 F
The remains of ancient scents and bottles found on Cyprus have gone in display, writes Malcolm Moore. / n8 B, W+ H# R. \, ?$ r& ~; g8 n. r# k/ p1 G
ITALIAN archaeologists have found the world's oldest perfumes on Cyprus.1 Q* O* p! R5 [, C7 P
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The perfumes were scented with extracts of lavender, bay, rosemary, pine or coriander and kept in tiny translucent alabaster bottles. : c9 e0 y* G7 T, {" T 6 P$ i" F2 `& a4 jThe remaining traces found at Pyrgos, in the south of the island, are more than 4000 years old. 1 _8 Z [# ]1 \* Q& U$ e! ^ 7 Y+ l1 d3 a% f. f7 zThey were discovered inside what archaeologists believe was an 3995-square-metre perfume-making factory.# h6 I! R, A/ k( Z O
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"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." Z1 A; \5 S9 [/ z$ Y4 V/ n* t% _, }: T# F( M" G F# j1 j
At 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.0 O6 w6 g5 g! r. f
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The abundance of perfumes fits well with Cyprus' mythological status as the birthplace of Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love. x; ^6 R# U/ F- h5 q; W0 I. X! y/ a8 x5 e5 ~, S' T3 ^3 G
"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.2 z' W1 \# N# w: H) @+ O4 l
( {9 Y# V* \& F: a' U0 e( K& ZThe finds are now on display at the Capitoline Museum in Rome. 9 O9 P: w# V6 l3 c2 Q& K: [3 A' ^: S1 v* D6 Z
Four of the perfumes have been re-created from residues found at the site. ' a4 f8 x4 o3 ^+ Q/ B+ g* X( i6 J- H& m
An 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. 2 ?/ I/ Y& b/ f) L2 g7 \$ R' M; a 8 I+ ?" P( l* p"It smells good, but strong," museum visitor Alessia Affinata, 30, said. "I can smell the pine especially," said Giulia Occhi Villavecchia, 23. 3 u; o4 \6 Z* F. r: t: F1 @; ]" l6 r9 l
Neither was sure they would actually wear them.
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