Composition Of A 2,000-Year-Old Roman Perfume Identified For The First Time

Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Scientists have identified, for the first time, the composition of a Roman perfume more than 2,000 years old thanks to the discovery of a small vessel of ointment in Carmona. Two thousand years ago, in the Roman city of Carmo (today’s Carmona), in the province of Seville, someone placed a […]

Ancient Scents Can Be Reconstructed With Help Of Modern Science – Researchers Say

Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Scent has always been an integral component of the human experience, but up until now, the past has remained largely odorless. Most scents come from organic substances that decay quickly, leaving little for archaeologists to investigate thousands of years later. Now a team of researchers from the MPI for the Science of […]