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来源：信息时报 _0 ]1 u0 \2 K+ k% ^: i& Z8 x 2 m7 ~ \; v& g4000-year-old perfumes found on Aphrodite's fabled island& e; y1 a% z& v1 W8 j2 M9 F$ A! T
The remains of ancient scents and bottles found on Cyprus have gone in display, writes Malcolm Moore.) S8 }! O" X: e$ J' |* g
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ITALIAN archaeologists have found the world's oldest perfumes on Cyprus.( x, [. a0 q: P, f J
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The perfumes were scented with extracts of lavender, bay, rosemary, pine or coriander and kept in tiny translucent alabaster bottles. % S3 f+ L3 D; n5 n* {0 l# Y( Z2 W! F( s( i6 v
The remaining traces found at Pyrgos, in the south of the island, are more than 4000 years old.6 F% ~+ b7 C" }- N8 b u
$ v2 d) |$ T/ B* ZThey were discovered inside what archaeologists believe was an 3995-square-metre perfume-making factory. ' T0 j1 s9 f5 f5 b% A! e7 d 1 ~- m# ]3 N2 |0 S"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." 8 h* C: x. h( a% b& x+ y ]# O: t8 I; X- K7 i9 S
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. ) W6 v G1 R" u8 |0 w" _0 h6 s% T1 r- g# {8 n' o0 U
The abundance of perfumes fits well with Cyprus' mythological status as the birthplace of Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love.% h6 D# Q' _5 @5 n: ?
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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.; Y- d$ O0 Z. c0 n4 e& M% C: B
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The finds are now on display at the Capitoline Museum in Rome. ; H( A8 f+ w3 R. k" X9 q* v# c9 j }' J
Four of the perfumes have been re-created from residues found at the site.' \, V' y9 N) E4 \' b1 w
4 @/ t9 n! Z; J2 A, F$ qAn 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. ' u* Q( F" c1 j% m7 h % A/ K$ O- d$ x) W; _1 `"It smells good, but strong," museum visitor Alessia Affinata, 30, said. "I can smell the pine especially," said Giulia Occhi Villavecchia, 23.7 R p. u" o+ ~- l+ c# K' p
0 P" `3 D/ N# L5 NNeither was sure they would actually wear them.
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