Eau de Cleopatra
2021; American Schools of Oriental Research; Volume: 84; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1086/715345
ISSN2325-5404
AutoresRobert J. Littman, Jay Silverstein, Dora Goldsmith, Sean Coughlin, Hamedy Mashaly,
Tópico(s)Archaeology and Historical Studies
ResumoA combination of Classics, Egyptology, and experimental archaeology were utilized to recreate the (in)famous perfume used by Queen Cleopatra VII. Especially important was the use of classical sources and paleobotany to determine the identity of the Egyptian sacred oils such as camphor and balanos. Excavations at the site of Tell Timai revealed a perfumery that contributed to our ability to recreate the process of perfume manufacture. This ancient “Mendesian” perfume has since been recreated in the lab, exhibited at the Smithsonian, and worn again for the first time in millennia.
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