# h# [! p- h5 C2 V2 ^# Q' R+ _- `来源：信息时报 _2 t2 ~7 J5 D3 R! o$ ^; Y : u: ^$ ?# T- R5 C4 s' P4000-year-old perfumes found on Aphrodite's fabled island$ u( Y/ O, H: O" k- E
The remains of ancient scents and bottles found on Cyprus have gone in display, writes Malcolm Moore. O% V7 C, C3 u4 n
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ITALIAN archaeologists have found the world's oldest perfumes on Cyprus.& ~$ ?: J1 R) c# k; ^# C
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The perfumes were scented with extracts of lavender, bay, rosemary, pine or coriander and kept in tiny translucent alabaster bottles.' s$ D; x8 T" _4 e# m0 o6 {
9 |* x+ B' Y7 {6 YThe remaining traces found at Pyrgos, in the south of the island, are more than 4000 years old. : m& n% T1 M- f) b/ J y8 S . x4 I7 [% y6 J uThey were discovered inside what archaeologists believe was an 3995-square-metre perfume-making factory. 9 a( B2 o% R* G0 m0 u9 b+ F$ Q. z/ M
"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.", S3 W; j, C) n0 f
W; \9 [: ?. ^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. 7 c: z" l- `5 [" \9 F/ T 3 l% x9 ~+ U- ^% kThe abundance of perfumes fits well with Cyprus' mythological status as the birthplace of Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love.3 s) m6 E: `5 ]) S- ^' O0 r
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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. 3 [0 g: P$ g* Q7 v 3 b( t! ]. w$ y8 r- l; |: B& ^0 HThe finds are now on display at the Capitoline Museum in Rome. , U2 ]" T& V1 Z' U% a4 L , o. i# I, x+ s4 ^, PFour of the perfumes have been re-created from residues found at the site. 9 R% ^. A! c* |, B! P 2 _" I& u/ U* }0 `% N4 a& _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. % H; b7 r2 e" l/ I6 F8 m 5 a' n X& g5 m# ?6 o8 l q4 {1 J"It smells good, but strong," museum visitor Alessia Affinata, 30, said. "I can smell the pine especially," said Giulia Occhi Villavecchia, 23. & j7 z! |# z7 t, p/ v) H3 I( p4 s7 @: k0 b* j) N1 V
Neither was sure they would actually wear them.
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