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TinCow
11-04-2004, 14:39
Sorry, bad pun. Interesting discovery though...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3978775.stm

http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/11/03/science.cosmetics.reut/index.html

Ancient Roman cosmetic cream found

LONDON, England (Reuters) -- When it comes to cosmetics, the ancient Romans knew what they were doing.

Scientists have unearthed a small tin canister dating back to the middle of the second century AD in an excavated Roman temple precinct in London that contains a sophisticated white cream that could rival today's top cosmetics.

"It is quite a complicated little mixture," Richard Evershed, an analytical chemist at the University of Bristol in south-western England, told Reuters on Wednesday.

"Perhaps they didn't understand the chemistry of everything but they obviously knew what they were doing."

The pot, measuring 60 mm x 52 mm (2.4 x 2 inches), is thought to be the only Roman tin of cream of its kind to be found intact and in such good condition

lancelot
11-04-2004, 16:00
oh right..foundation...I get it...groan....

Tamur
11-05-2004, 04:42
Armour of a different sort... ~:)

http://www.technewsworld.com/story/news/37850.html

Gregoshi
11-06-2004, 02:45
Oh, forgot to mention I merged the two topics on Roman makeup.