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An excerpt from Eyeliner: A Cultural History details the history of the elusive Egyptian queen, and the everlasting allure of her kohl rimmed eyes.
The ancient Egyptians created a remedy for burns by mixing the cheek and lip stain with red natron, northern salt, and honey. [9] The Ebers Papyrus, a collection of Egyptian medical recipes dating to circa 1550 BC, shows the usual galena pigment could also be combined with specific ingredients to create eye paints that were intended to treat eye infection. [10]
Ancient Egyptian women and men wearing kohl eye liner, from the tomb of Nakht in Thebes (15th century BC). Eye liner was first used in ancient India, ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia as a dark black line around the eyes. As early as 10,000 BC, Egyptians and Mesopotamians wore eye liner not only for aesthetics but to protect the skin from the ...
Kohl has been worn traditionally since the Naqada III era (c. 3100 BCE) by Egyptians of all social classes, originally as protection against eye ailments. [1] [2] There was also a belief that darkening around the eyes would protect one from the harsh rays of the sun. [3] Ancient Egyptian women wearing kohl, from a tomb mural in Thebes (1420 ...
Cosmetic palettes are archaeological artifacts, originally used in predynastic Egypt to grind and apply ingredients for facial or body cosmetics. The decorative palettes of the late 4th millennium BCE appear to have lost this function and became commemorative, ornamental, and possibly ceremonial.
Nebunebty (also Nebunebti; fl. c. 2450 BC) was an ancient Egyptian queen consort who has been tentatively associated with the 5th Dynasty of the Old Kingdom. Her name translates as 'the gold of the Two Ladies ', or 'golden are the Two Ladies'.
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The discovery supports the hypothesis that Queen Meret-Neith was ancient Egypt’s first female pharaoh. 5,000-year-old wine hidden in hundreds of jars at Egyptian queen’s tomb. Take a look