🧵 A 3,400 year-old ancient Egyptian beauty box with original containers and traces of makeup and beauty products! An ancient version of a modern cosmetic beauty case! 📷 Museo Egizio, Turin #AncientBlueSky 🏺 #Archaeology - ThreadSky

alisonfisk.bsky.social • 122 days ago

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A 3,400 year-old ancient Egyptian beauty box with original containers and traces of makeup and beauty products!

An ancient version of a modern cosmetic beauty case!

📷 Museo Egizio, Turin

#AncientBlueSky 🏺
#Archaeology

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thebigbrenowski.bsky.social•122 days ago

That is stunning 😍

worldmom.bsky.social•122 days ago

Thousands of years ago, the feel of these beautiful bottles and jars - in the hands of one woman - was intimately known.
Astonishing.

maykenalanna.bsky.social•122 days ago

I was there last April! An entire hall dedicated to the items found in their tombs. The guide explained about the monogrammed underwear.

alisonfisk.bsky.social•122 days ago

On my bucket list!

maykenalanna.bsky.social•122 days ago

I loved it! I was in Torino to practise my Italian and my teacher said I had to visit thst museum so I signed up for a guided tour in Italian.
They have a papyrus that might be the first documented strike!

alisonfisk.bsky.social•122 days ago

Ah yes, the strike papyrus! I’ve posted about that before! (Not here though, the other place 😁)

jeannetteblue.bsky.social•121 days ago

I love the handles on the small corks. I wish that hadn't gone out of style.

wattoo76.bsky.social•121 days ago

Amazing how well preserved the items are

alisonfisk.bsky.social•122 days ago

The wooden (sycamore) box is divided into compartments, holding alabaster, faience, and coloured glass jars, inside which are traces of unguents and fat-based creams. Found in the Theban tomb (TT8) of Kha and his wife Merit in 1906. New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep II-III 1428-1351 BC.

alisonfisk.bsky.social•122 days ago

Museum record: https://collezioni.museoegizio.it/en-GB/material/S_8479/?description=&inventoryNumber=S.+8479&title=&cgt=&yearFrom=&yearTo=&materials=&provenance=&acquisition=&epoch=&dynasty=&pharaoh=