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Scent, Colour and Glitter in the Ancient World : A Comparative History of Aromatics, Cosmetics and Adornment, from the Mediterranean to the China Seas - Ms Fatema Soudavar Farmanfarmaian

Scent, Colour and Glitter in the Ancient World

A Comparative History of Aromatics, Cosmetics and Adornment, from the Mediterranean to the China Seas

By: Ms Fatema Soudavar Farmanfarmaian

eBook | 11 December 2025

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Aromatics, cosmetics and personal adornment have had a major role in the evolution of human society, particularly in the cradles of civilization between the Nile and the Indus.

Far from being concerned with the frivolities of vain pursuits, their study touches on religion, cosmology, rituals and magic, life and the afterlife, sexuality and procreation, artistic expression, technology, craftsmanship, aesthetics, administrative structures, long-distance trade and cross-cultural exchanges - in sum, all the essentials that underpin human civilization.

This richly illustrated book provides a history of luxury items from the Neolithic period to late Antiquity. Egyptian and Mesopotamian cosmetics are discussed first, along with the vast region between the Nile and the Indus, with the Iranian plateau at its core. Through the latter, the book ventures westwards to the Greco-Roman world and eastwards to the Indian subcontinent and China. The differing focus of each chapter gives a fuller picture of the global role of aromatics, cosmetics and jewellery within a broader civilizational framework that includes archaeological discoveries that have come to light in the last six decades.

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