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Ancient Egyptians used a form of eyeliner called kohl to enhance their eyes. This replicated the appearance of the sun god, Re. Kohl was made of powdered antimony, burnt almonds, black copper oxide and brown ochre. It was applied with a small stick called a kohl stick. The ingredients were mixed in granite kohl pots like these. maker: Unknown maker Place made: Egypt Wellcome Images |
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Short title | L0065483 Ancient Egyptian kohl pot and stick, 1800-200 BCE |
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Author | Wellcome Library, London |
Headline | L0065483 Ancient Egyptian kohl pot and stick, 1800-200 BCE |
Copyright holder | Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons Attribution only licence CC BY 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
Image title | L0065483 Ancient Egyptian kohl pot and stick, 1800-200 BCE
Credit: Science Museum, London. Wellcome Images images@wellcome.ac.uk http://wellcomeimages.org Ancient Egyptians used a form of eyeliner called kohl to enhance their eyes. This replicated the appearance of the sun god, Re. Kohl was made of powdered antimony, burnt almonds, black copper oxide and brown ochre. It was applied with a small stick called a kohl stick. The ingredients were mixed in granite kohl pots like these. maker: Unknown maker Place made: Egypt made: 1800-200 BCE Published: - Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons Attribution only licence CC BY 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
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