Deeper meaning behind ancient eye makeup?
Egyptian queen Hatshepsut is depicted on a painted limestone statue in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
Photograph by Kenneth Garrett, National Geographic Stock
Cleopatra’s Eye Makeup Warded Off Infections?
Kate Ravilious
for National Geographic News
January 14, 2010
Cleopatra and her kin knew a thing or two about crafting an alluring smoky eye.
Now French researchers suggest that the ancient Egyptians’ heavily [...]
Queen Vashti of Persia
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Cleopatra VIII of Egypt
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