St John Simpson. “Heavy metal and the beauty industry: an unexpected connection from ancient Afghanistan”
St John Simpson. “Heavy metal and the beauty industry: an unexpected connection from ancient Afghanistan”, Academia Letters, 2021, p.1-6.
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1In this short but concise and very informative paper, Simpson illustrates the history of use of cosmetic in the Middle East. This overview does not stop to list the results of various isotopic analysis carried out on the different pigments found, but it also examines different tradition of storing cosmetics. Past is closely entwined with the present as some cosmetic flasks are among the items identified and returned by the British Museum while monitoring illicit trafficking of antiquities.
2The noteworthy prevalence of traces of lead oxides leads the author to hypothesise on the possible use of white pigments containing lead to whitening faces. This might be confirmed by some depictions of white-faced ladies in items from Afghanistan and the Indo-Iranians borderlands. Further scientific analysis of ancient cemetery populations will reveal whether they suffered by the terrible effects of lead intoxication.
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Domiziana Rossi, « St John Simpson. “Heavy metal and the beauty industry: an unexpected connection from ancient Afghanistan” », Abstracta Iranica [En ligne], Volume 44 | 2022, document 1, mis en ligne le 30 juillet 2022, consulté le 11 septembre 2024. URL : http://journals.openedition.org/abstractairanica/54714 ; DOI : https://doi.org/10.4000/abstractairanica.54714
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