What you see here is the Garden of Hercules, a very niche home discovered in the southeastern ruins of the Ancient Roman city of Pompeii. What makes it special is the fact that it had a large garden designed specifically for flower-growing, and the remains of small glass bottles, irrigation techniques, and pollen samples suggests […]
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Here’s a nit-comb from Viking-era Denmark (late 700s). Today I am reading through arguments why we shouldn’t think of the Vikings as a filthy and unhygienic culture. On the plus side, we may observe the following: 1. Vikings combed lice from their hair (whoopie so do baboons).2. Vikings had “ear-spoons” to remove the wax from
This tiny bottle contains a unique substance: a perfume called _Fougère Royale_ created by the master perfumer Paul Parquet back in 1882. The line has since been discontinued or altered, so the smell in this bottle might actually be found nowhere else on the planet. This perfume, and 400 other unique fragrances, make up only
