Archaeologists working at the ancient Roman city of Aizanoi in Turkey's Kütahya province have made an exciting discovery of rare 2,000-year-old makeup and jewelry products.
The excavations, carried out in collaboration with the Kütahya Governorate and Dumlupınar University, have revealed a cosmetics and jewelry shop located east of the Temple of Zeus.
Professor Gökhan Coşkun, the head of the Archaeology Department at Dumlupınar University, stated that they have found perfume bottles, pieces of jewelry, and remnants of makeup including blushes and eye shadows.
Evidently, the ancient Romans used oyster shells to store their makeup products, and these shells were found abundantly in the excavated shops. In addition to makeup products, the archaeologists have also uncovered hair accessories, jewelry, and cosmetic items in various colors.
Aizanoi, which dates back to 3,000 BCE, was renowned for its impressive structures such as the Temple of Zeus, a remarkably preserved temple dedicated to Zeus, as well as a theater, stadium, baths, a commercial stock market building, a columnaded street, and five bridges, two of which still stand to this day.
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