Etruria

Good evening, after a day of shopping, the mind must be nourished as well as the body; therefore, culture corner. 

A woman with a flower in her hand and an alabastron for scented essences hanging on the wall.

Details of the exterior of an Attic red-figure cup - from Vulci, Etruria, Italy - 475/425 BC - Musée Vivenel, Compiègne, Oise, Hauts-de-France

In Pyrgos, Cyprus, a perfume factory was discovered dating back to around 1850 BC, the year in which the site was destroyed by an earthquake thanks to which many finds have been found still in situ today by an Italian mission. In particular, two distillation apparatuses were found that constitute the first examples of alembic in history, which pushes back the knowledge of distillation by over 2600 years, until today considered an Arab invention of the 7th century AD.