Located 57 kilometres from the Kutahya city center, recent excavations around the ancient city of Aizanoi unearthed rare cosmetic products such as perfumes, jewelry and makeup materials.
Coskun confirmed that the remnants were indeed makeup materials used by Roman women.
Noting that in the Roman Empire, makeup materials such as blush and eyeshadow were often placed inside oyster shells and used, he said. “We also encountered a large number of oyster shells in the shop we excavated."2,000-year-old oyster shells used to store makeup products found during excavations in Türkiye's Kutahya province.
Located 57 kilometres from the Kutahya city center, the ancient site saw its golden age in the second and third centuries AD and became “the center of the episcopacy in the Byzantine era," according to the Turkish Culture and Tourism Ministry website.
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