& \: ^. k: A+ D- e" h' P/ M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。/ R- Q& x4 d: y6 @2 [6 q% k- F
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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。 9 e `9 x/ \0 i. f* }5 p; C, l3 k- e- @- @- H M- @
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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。 & F: q, k7 U% a, Z 7 k- ~$ q0 m) L* ?9 g# T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 N& W( L; t, T% B
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「香水闻起来不错。」——女游客阿莱夏•阿凡纳塔 " Z$ W+ }% k* N! _, F$ O : n( U* K. J* M1 q" S, e- o& j3 i& Z- v「我能闻出有松脂味。」——参观者朱丽娅 7 ~8 w9 B+ z2 z( a, q" ]2 x" |7 @3 R
来源：信息时报 3 I7 |! y/ m1 Y4 L1 t9 F+ F 7 f/ R. P) h! Q4000-year-old perfumes found on Aphrodite's fabled island) e- P7 F. j2 K! R& n
The remains of ancient scents and bottles found on Cyprus have gone in display, writes Malcolm Moore. 1 t8 M3 B+ }5 S$ Q' s# l8 p1 e, w% W' s0 Z0 v6 t! s- y
ITALIAN archaeologists have found the world's oldest perfumes on Cyprus. 4 M0 t) H/ Q, b. {& U2 A' n: G+ }
The perfumes were scented with extracts of lavender, bay, rosemary, pine or coriander and kept in tiny translucent alabaster bottles. 7 x7 o) Y, x, n + K: ^. q/ q! yThe remaining traces found at Pyrgos, in the south of the island, are more than 4000 years old. ! M( C, `6 U& S& v( w+ S. B8 @1 d7 q. o) f
They were discovered inside what archaeologists believe was an 3995-square-metre perfume-making factory. 5 ?. D" _7 Y6 q! L8 g: e6 a0 A7 }; m# U! n, |' M( ~3 {
"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.". g8 ^3 ~4 ?, R$ Y/ c8 O
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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.6 k5 F; u" C' M4 p z! j
: E ^/ C- Z" {9 ~! G! gThe abundance of perfumes fits well with Cyprus' mythological status as the birthplace of Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love./ O3 E5 R0 _* Z
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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.- e7 S: d' N# W7 a4 B
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The finds are now on display at the Capitoline Museum in Rome. . s% j) z' r) @8 f- x+ {/ V, R( o; M' q6 W# q
Four of the perfumes have been re-created from residues found at the site. . {1 R: y" F* I6 q ' D, f2 \4 P* e9 T- V$ 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.8 v# d( k7 ?2 R5 a6 c! s1 @
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"It smells good, but strong," museum visitor Alessia Affinata, 30, said. "I can smell the pine especially," said Giulia Occhi Villavecchia, 23. 7 z4 Z- U8 a! @, m D/ m2 s ' A$ P( H8 Z+ t: @" I' r( |Neither was sure they would actually wear them.
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