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Period: Late Period

Date: 664–332 B.C.

Place oforigin: Egypt, Thmuis (Tell el-Timai)

MEDIUM: Yellow faience

Painting by Alexandre Cabanel

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“A team of experts recently re-created ancient Egypt’s most sought after perfumes, which may have been worn by the tragic monarch.

The idea of recreating Eau de Ancient Egypt was dreamed up by Robert Littman and Jay Silverstein of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. For years, the archaeologists headed digs at a site called Tell-El Timai, which in ancient times was known as the city of Thmuis. It was also home to two of the most well-known perfumes in the ancient world, Mendesian and Metopian. “This was the Chanel No. 5 of ancient Egypt,” 

Back in 2012, the archaeologists uncovered what was believed to be the home of a perfume merchant, which included an area for manufacturing some sort of liquid as well as amphora and glass bottles with residue in them.

While the bottles did not smell, chemical analysis of the sludge did reveal some of the ingredients. The researchers took their findings to two experts on Egyptian perfume, Dora Goldsmith and Sean Coughlin, who helped to recreate the scents following formulas found in ancient Greek texts.

The basis of both of the recreated scents is myrrh, a resin extracted from a thorny tree native to the Horn of Africa and Arabian Peninsula. Ingredients including cardamom, olive oil and cinnamon were added to produce the ancient perfumes, which were, in general, much thicker and stickier than the stuff we spritz on today. In turn, the perfumes produced strong, spicy, faintly musky scents that tended to linger longer than modern fragrances.”

“Perfumer Mandy Aftel, who in 2005 helped reproduce a perfume used to scent a child mummy based on scrapings from a death mask, says it's up in the air whether Cleopatra really would have worn the same scent. It’s believed she had her own perfume factory and created signature scents instead of wearing what would be the relative equivalent of putting on a store-bought brand. In fact, there’s even a legend floating around claiming that she doused the sails of her royal ship in so much scent that Marc Antony could smell her coming all the way on shore when she visited him at Tarsus.”

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DOMENICA 21 MARZO 2021 - SAN SERAPIONE DI THMUIS - V DOMENICA DI QUARESIMA Serapione, secondo Girolamo soprannominato Lo Scolastico (300 circa – Thmuis, 370 circa), fu vescovo della città di Thmuis (oggi Tell el-Timai) in Egitto e scrittore cristiano in lingua greca. La Chiesa cattolica romana lo ricorda nel Calendario dei santi il giorno 21 marzo. La Chiesa ortodossa copta lo ricorda invece il giorno 7 marzo. Nato verso l'anno 300, si ritirò in giovinezza nel deserto, e divenne discepolo di Antonio abate, il quale gli lasciò in eredità uno dei suoi due mantelli in pelle di pecora. Prese in seguito il comando di una comunità monastica, poi diventò vescovo di Thmuis prima del 339. Sembra avesse preso parte al Concilio di Sardica (oggi Sofia), nel 343. Fece parte dell'ambasciata inviata dal patriarca Atanasio di Alessandria all'imperatore Costanzo II per difendersi dalle accuse degli ariani; fu destinata all'insuccesso, e verso il 359 Costanzo II fece sostituire Serapione dall'ariano Tolomeo alla testa della diocesi di Thmuis. Era ancora in vita verso il 370, secondo quanto attestato da tre frammenti di lettere a lui indirizzate da parte di Apollinare di Laodicea. Conserviamo anche cinque lettere di Atanasio di Alessandria che hanno come destinatario Serapione di Thmuis: una del 358, che annuncia la morte di Ario; le altre quattro, del 359, sono esposizioni dogmatiche sulla questione della divinità dello Spirito Santo. Da Il Santo del Giorno #Tradizioni_Barcellona_Pozzo_di_Gotto_Sicilia #Sicilia_Terra_di_Tradizioni Rubrica #Santo_del_Giorno (presso Tradizioni Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto - Sicilia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMrLSJpnZVx/?igshid=2m8qdswyieok

BANGSA Mesir kuno memang sudah diketahui memiliki teknologi membuat parfum. Namun, bagaimana bau parfum yang mereka ciptakan belum terungkap, sampai baru-baru ini. . Bukan sembarang #parfumkuno, ilmuwan dari University of Hawaii baru-baru ini berhasil mereproduksi parfum yang diyakini digunakan Cleopatra. Dilansir #DailyMail, Selasa (13/8), formula parfum berusia 2000 tahun itu didapatkan dari residu dalam amphora yang ditemukan dari penggalian yang telah berjalan 10 tahun di dekat Kairo, #Mesir. Amphora merupakan kendi lonjong berleher sempit dengan pegangan di kedua sisinya. Kendi ini merupakan perkakas yang umum digunakan masyarakat kuno sejak zaman Yunani. . Residu itu kemudian diteliti dan didapatkan #resepparfum sang Cleopatra. Ilmuwan menjelaskan jika parfum kuno itu berbau jauh lebih menyengat ketimbang parfum masa kini dan dapat bertahan di tubuh hingga lama. Parfum itu terbuat dari campuran kemenyan, kapulaga, kayu manis, dan minyak zaitun. . "Sangat menyenangkan bisa mencium parfum yang sudah tidak tercium orang selama 2000 tahun ini dan sangat mungkin digunakan pula oleh Cleopatra," ujar Robert Littman, salah satu ilmuwan di tim penelitian itu yang juga dosen tetap di University of Hawaii. . Ia meneliti bersama Jay Silverstein, dosen paruh waktu di universitas tersebut, untuk studi yang hasilnya kini dipamerkan di Museum National Geographic di Washington DC, Amerika Serikat. Parfum itu berikut temuan-temuan lain dari penggalian 1 dekade di situs tersebut juga akan menjadi bagian dari pameran yang dibuat National Geographic di Tell-el Timai, Mesir. . Beberapa media menyebut jika parfum tersebut ibarat parfum Chanel no.5 di masa kini. Artinya, merupakan parfum kelas atas yang paling terkenal di masa itu. Sumber : Media Indonesia #cleopatra #parfumcleopatra #kleopatra #parfumkleopatra #parfumpertama #parfumlegend #mesir #kamuharustahu #tahu_nggak https://www.instagram.com/p/B1Kjm5pg605/?igshid=1rv2fe9fcek03

Cleopatra May Have Once Smelled Like This Recreated Perfume

https://sciencespies.com/history/cleopatra-may-have-once-smelled-like-this-recreated-perfume/

Cleopatra May Have Once Smelled Like This Recreated Perfume

  Cleopatra VII, the last ruler of Egypt before the Romans took power, has been described as both beautiful and not so beautiful in ancient histories. The coins and busts produced of her seem to be a mixed bag as well. But while we may never really know what she looked like, archaeologists may have figured out what she smelled like. That’s right—a team of experts recently re-created ancient Egypt’s most sought after perfumes, which may have been worn by the tragic monarch.

The idea of recreating Eau de Ancient Egypt was dreamed up by Robert Littman and Jay Silverstein of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. For years, the archaeologists headed digs at a site called Tell-El Timai, which in ancient times was known as the city of Thmuis. It was also home to two of the most well-known perfumes in the ancient world, Mendesian and Metopian. “This was the Chanel No. 5 of ancient Egypt,” Littman puts it in an interview with Sabrina Imbler at Atlas Obscura.

Back in 2012, the archaeologists uncovered what was believed to be the home of a perfume merchant, which included an area for manufacturing some sort of liquid as well as amphora and glass bottles with residue in them.

While the bottles did not smell, chemical analysis of the sludge did reveal some of the ingredients. The researchers took their findings to two experts on Egyptian perfume, Dora Goldsmith and Sean Coughlin, who helped to recreate the scents following formulas found in ancient Greek texts.

The basis of both of the recreated scents is myrrh, a resin extracted from a thorny tree native to the Horn of Africa and Arabian Peninsula. Ingredients including cardamom, olive oil and cinnamon were added to produce the ancient perfumes, which were, in general, much thicker and stickier than the stuff we spritz on today. In turn, the perfumes produced strong, spicy, faintly musky scents that tended to linger longer than modern fragrances.

“What a thrill it is to smell a perfume that no one has smelled for 2,000 years and one which Cleopatra might have worn,” Littman says in a university press release.

Perfumer Mandy Aftel, who in 2005 helped reproduce a perfume used to scent a child mummy based on scrapings from a death mask, says it’s up in the air whether Cleopatra really would have worn the same scent. It’s believed she had her own perfume factory and created signature scents instead of wearing what would be the relative equivalent of putting on a store-bought brand. In fact, there’s even a legend floating around claiming that she doused the sails of her royal ship in so much scent that Marc Antony could smell her coming all the way on shore when she visited him at Tarsus.

Even if Cleopatra didn’t wear the stuff, it’s likely the elite in the ancient world did wear something that smells similar to the recreated perfumes. Currently, we mere peasants can get a whiff of the ancient scents at the National Geographic Society’s “Queens of Egypt” exhibit, running through mid-September.

#History

Cleopatra May Have Once Smelled Like This Recreated Perfume

https://sciencespies.com/history/cleopatra-may-have-once-smelled-like-this-recreated-perfume/

Cleopatra May Have Once Smelled Like This Recreated Perfume

Cleopatra VII, the last ruler of Egypt before the Romans took power, has been described as both beautiful and not so beautiful in ancient histories. The coins and busts produced of her seem to be a mixed bag as well. But while we may never really know what she looked like, archaeologists may have figured out what she smelled like. That’s right—a team of experts recently re-created ancient Egypt’s most sought after perfumes, which may have been worn by the tragic monarch.

The idea of recreating Eau de Ancient Egypt was dreamed up by Robert Littman and Jay Silverstein of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. For years, the archaeologists headed digs at a site called Tell-El Timai, which in ancient times was known as the city of Thmuis. It was also home to two of the most well-known perfumes in the ancient world, Mendesian and Metopian. “This was the Chanel No. 5 of ancient Egypt,” Littman puts it in an interview with Sabrina Imbler at Atlas Obscura.

Back in 2012, the archaeologists uncovered what was believed to be the home of a perfume merchant, which included an area for manufacturing some sort of liquid as well as amphora and glass bottles with residue in them.

While the bottles did not smell, chemical analysis of the sludge did reveal some of the ingredients. The researchers took their findings to two experts on Egyptian perfume, Dora Goldsmith and Sean Coughlin, who helped to recreate the scents following formulas found in ancient Greek texts.

The basis of both of the recreated scents is myrrh, a resin extracted from a thorny tree native to the Horn of Africa and Arabian Peninsula. Ingredients including cardamom, olive oil and cinnamon were added to produce the ancient perfumes, which were, in general, much thicker and stickier than the stuff we spritz on today. In turn, the perfumes produced strong, spicy, faintly musky scents that tended to linger longer than modern fragrances.

“What a thrill it is to smell a perfume that no one has smelled for 2,000 years and one which Cleopatra might have worn,” Littman says in a university press release.

Perfumer Mandy Aftel, who in 2005 helped reproduce a perfume used to scent a child mummy based on scrapings from a death mask, says it’s up in the air whether Cleopatra really would have worn the same scent. It’s believed she had her own perfume factory and created signature scents instead of wearing what would be the relative equivalent of putting on a store-bought brand. In fact, there’s even a legend floating around claiming that she doused the sails of her royal ship in so much scent that Marc Antony could smell her coming all the way on shore when she visited him at Tarsus.

Even if Cleopatra didn’t wear the stuff, it’s likely the elite in the ancient world did wear something that smells similar to the recreated perfumes. Currently, we mere peasants can get a whiff of the ancient scents at the National Geographic Society’s “Queens of Egypt” exhibit, running through mid-September.

#History