Post by L Roebuck on Feb 18, 2008 7:55:27 GMT -5
Jewelry and makeup in ancient Persia
Hedieh Ghavidel, Press TV, Tehran
Archaeologists have discovered various instruments of make-up and ornamental items in the Burnt City, which date back to the third millennium BCE.
The caves of the Bakhtiari region, where the first hunter-gatherers settled at the end of the ice age, have yielded not only stone tools, daggers and grindstones but also several stones covered with red ocher.
As no cave paintings have been found in this area, researchers believe the people of this era bepainted their faces and bodies with ocher.
Other caves in Kermanshah have also yielded several samples of animal bones with traces of paint. Again, as the cave walls are undecorated, it can be inferred that the residents used these bones as ornaments.
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Hedieh Ghavidel, Press TV, Tehran
Archaeologists have discovered various instruments of make-up and ornamental items in the Burnt City, which date back to the third millennium BCE.
The caves of the Bakhtiari region, where the first hunter-gatherers settled at the end of the ice age, have yielded not only stone tools, daggers and grindstones but also several stones covered with red ocher.
As no cave paintings have been found in this area, researchers believe the people of this era bepainted their faces and bodies with ocher.
Other caves in Kermanshah have also yielded several samples of animal bones with traces of paint. Again, as the cave walls are undecorated, it can be inferred that the residents used these bones as ornaments.
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