Egypt
- What Scents Did The Ancient Egyptians Use?
Science Daily The Ancient Egyptians cherished their fragrant scents, too, as perfume flacons from this period indicate. In its permanent exhibition, Bonn University's Egyptian Museum has a particularly well preserved example on display. Screening...
- Discovery At Saqqara?
http://www.egypttoday.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=6468Added to the very end of the above Egypt Today article on the KV63 discovery, there's a remark from Zahi Hawass re a discovery in Saqqara, yet to be announced: "And while Egypt continues its high-level...
- Perfume Manufacture, Ancient And Modern
http://www.anba.com.br/ingles/noticia.php?id=8497"According to historians, the need for refreshing and scented essences became so fundamental that the first strike in the history of humanity, in around 1,330 b.C., was by the soldiers of pharaoh Seti I,...
- Al Sakakini Palace Transformed Into Medical Museum
http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/gazette/4/1.asp"Two years ago, the SCA decided to turn Al Sakakini Palace into a museum for the history of medicine and pharmacology. It was only this year that the decision was put into effect.Although the display catalogue...
- Hatshepsut's Perfume
A perfume bottle said to have been found in the Female Pharaoh's funerary possessions still contains residue which will be tested to be recreated. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/03/photogalleries/egyptian-queen-perfume/index.htm...
Egypt
Rome show features ancient perfumes
http://www.onelocalnews.com/akronfarmreport/ViewArticle.aspx?id=9238&source=2
A somewhat tenuous link to ancient Egypt, but it's a slow news day: "It‘s a rare chance to smell the scent of ancient history — typically a mix of natural spices and olive oil — thanks to an exhibit in Rome featuring fragrances from the world‘s oldest known perfume factory. . . . While perfumes and ointments have been found in tombs in Egypt and Mesopotamia, Belgiorno said this was a rare case where an entire factory dedicated to making perfume was found."
See the above page for the full story
A somewhat tenuous link to ancient Egypt, but it's a slow news day: "It‘s a rare chance to smell the scent of ancient history — typically a mix of natural spices and olive oil — thanks to an exhibit in Rome featuring fragrances from the world‘s oldest known perfume factory. . . . While perfumes and ointments have been found in tombs in Egypt and Mesopotamia, Belgiorno said this was a rare case where an entire factory dedicated to making perfume was found."
See the above page for the full story
- What Scents Did The Ancient Egyptians Use?
Science Daily The Ancient Egyptians cherished their fragrant scents, too, as perfume flacons from this period indicate. In its permanent exhibition, Bonn University's Egyptian Museum has a particularly well preserved example on display. Screening...
- Discovery At Saqqara?
http://www.egypttoday.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=6468Added to the very end of the above Egypt Today article on the KV63 discovery, there's a remark from Zahi Hawass re a discovery in Saqqara, yet to be announced: "And while Egypt continues its high-level...
- Perfume Manufacture, Ancient And Modern
http://www.anba.com.br/ingles/noticia.php?id=8497"According to historians, the need for refreshing and scented essences became so fundamental that the first strike in the history of humanity, in around 1,330 b.C., was by the soldiers of pharaoh Seti I,...
- Al Sakakini Palace Transformed Into Medical Museum
http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/gazette/4/1.asp"Two years ago, the SCA decided to turn Al Sakakini Palace into a museum for the history of medicine and pharmacology. It was only this year that the decision was put into effect.Although the display catalogue...
- Hatshepsut's Perfume
A perfume bottle said to have been found in the Female Pharaoh's funerary possessions still contains residue which will be tested to be recreated. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/03/photogalleries/egyptian-queen-perfume/index.htm...