2 F! [( U2 k& Q* Z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。4 h6 m& B( y4 _% l" [: k- t# l% ?
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千年香水秘方 - V6 F( [2 Q! {, U# K7 N+ D1 l% v 8 v* T |' Y/ ~% K' [( I成分：薰衣草、迷迭香、松木、芫荽、欧芹、香柠檬、苦杏仁、月桂以及橄榄油等。 ! b3 R' w: `$ V) e. a1 f' I$ S6 H p; f/ M
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。 " e( N5 \! y2 K0 y$ D 2 z/ V; @4 m- e7 J {4 a- M8 q评价： , J! W) k1 w8 D. D% r1 n0 Y7 U7 F9 V) ?+ f
「香水闻起来不错。」——女游客阿莱夏•阿凡纳塔% N/ @# |/ b# ?1 o& k& e5 @6 s
4 \8 g9 |8 d# v) t2 h/ i! S「我能闻出有松脂味。」——参观者朱丽娅 ' g4 s* Y6 g9 G/ l" } / a# Q. B! |2 l; C! a, z+ q% _来源：信息时报 ; u( I" i3 i' S9 N4 ?! Y; L. C" M# S9 u5 W5 N" s. x
4000-year-old perfumes found on Aphrodite's fabled island 0 D% ~8 {8 k* zThe remains of ancient scents and bottles found on Cyprus have gone in display, writes Malcolm Moore. " R' X. B9 {6 \/ e, I2 i, w* s7 s4 Q- D
ITALIAN archaeologists have found the world's oldest perfumes on Cyprus. d# p2 x1 ^1 S2 O2 o0 G/ w# E1 R# ~8 r! h$ ]% g
The perfumes were scented with extracts of lavender, bay, rosemary, pine or coriander and kept in tiny translucent alabaster bottles. & f' c& H, Z' }9 v2 A: D! k- ]! U3 X7 z+ D
The remaining traces found at Pyrgos, in the south of the island, are more than 4000 years old. * W/ o, j; M8 ]) \, e/ n. A. i- n# @& F6 S1 y; c
They were discovered inside what archaeologists believe was an 3995-square-metre perfume-making factory.. s% I, I P2 Q3 V
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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."/ F1 x( b( E( G% k0 D }* |; P8 I2 _' P
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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.9 _" ^7 y/ p( H1 C+ S" N" c
D m% G# R' M9 ?" IThe abundance of perfumes fits well with Cyprus' mythological status as the birthplace of Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love.- \" V8 {: K9 C1 W- T6 e
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"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.. @) u$ S1 Q. v6 D3 t; g
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The finds are now on display at the Capitoline Museum in Rome. " S2 d" N9 o5 W \. y4 X. o9 [6 O/ m. g/ K+ F
Four of the perfumes have been re-created from residues found at the site.$ m2 c B+ Y( @! z
# w* m8 g4 j+ ^7 E t- a- d h7 O- LAn 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.& c |+ A6 ]0 U! N a7 ~7 G& M6 G
. H" z! v* x4 [% h0 A* A2 G"It smells good, but strong," museum visitor Alessia Affinata, 30, said. "I can smell the pine especially," said Giulia Occhi Villavecchia, 23. % H! h% K& i; |/ n2 {) q# T6 z: X- E. Q. i
Neither was sure they would actually wear them.
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