Ancient Greek Cosmetics Found in Graves
Archaeologists report red paint and white face powder were produced in ancient Greece as far back as 400 B C. The substances were discovered in graves and found as cube shaped steccoft items.
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1933
Page
6
Archaeologists report red paint and white face powder were produced in ancient Greece as far back as 400 B C. The substances were discovered in graves and found as cube shaped steccoft items.
The report notes a new attorney general designation to join the Roosevelt cabinet. It mentions filling the vacancy caused by Senator Walsh's death and that the appointee would later become governor general of the Philippines.
A literal-minded mathematician contested Alfred Lord Tennyson's line claiming more are born than die. He proposed a revised couplet reading Every moment one and one sixteenth is born, challenging the poem's implied balance.
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