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Ancient Skin-care with Katie Chin-Quee (part 2) - Teabreak 54

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Have you ever wondered how far back modern skin-care recipes can be traced? It turns out, pretty far! Join Matilda and guest Katie Chin-Quee in the second part of their discussion all about ancient skin care. This episode, Katie shares some of the experimental archaeology that she has conducted with different ancient recipes, and why some ingredients are best left in the past! Transcripts For rough transcripts of this episode go to https://www.archpodnet.com/teabreak/54 Links Katie’s post on her experiment Katie’s LinkTree Article on honey and skin care The Scent of Ancient Greco-Roman Sculpture (article) The Ebers Papyrus translated Text Ovid on Cosmetics by Marguerite Johnson The rise of the cosmetic industry in ancient China: Insights from a 2700-year-old face cream (article) American Girl Dolls Some other interesting reads suggested by Katie: Doménech-Carbó, M.T. et al. (2012) “Characterization of prehispanic cosmetics found in a burial of the ancient city of Teotihuacan (Mexico),” Journal of archaeological science, 39(4), pp. 1043–1062. Cilione, M., Cavarra, B. and Gazzaniga, V. (2023) “Once again on the Empress Zoe: Women, dermatology, cosmetics, and materia medica (medical matter) in the ancient world,” Journal of cosmetic dermatology, 22(2), pp. 555–560. Ursin, F., Borelli, C. and Steger, F. (2020) “Dermatology in Ancient Rome: Medical ingredients in Ovid’s ‘Remedies for female faces,’” Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology, 19(6), pp. 1388–1394. Contact the Host Email: [email protected] https://www.thearchaeologiststeacup.com insta: @the_archaeologists_teacup fb: /TheArchaeologistsTeacup twitter: @ArchaeoTeacup ArchPodNet APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet APN Shop Affiliates Motion Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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Have you ever wondered how far back modern skin-care recipes can be traced? It turns out, pretty far! Join Matilda and guest Katie Chin-Quee in the second part of their discussion all about ancient skin care. This episode, Katie shares some of the experimental archaeology that she has conducted with different ancient recipes, and why some ingredients are best left in the past!

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