2000 year-old Roman face cream/lotion. Dating back to II AD.

In 2003, a sealed pot of the oldest face cream was discovered at a Roman temple complex in Southwark, south London dating to the 2nd century AD.

The cylinder container, with a white cream inside revealing  the user’s fingerprints, could offer unprecedented insights into rituals and use of cosmetics 2000 years ago.

Archaeologists ᴀssume that the white cream, found in a well-sealed cylindrical tub, may either be a face cream or a face paint,  and the canister was probably buried in a ritual offering, they claim.

Gary Brown, managing director of Pre-Construct Archaeology whose team of archaeologists have been painstakingly excavating the Tabard Square site over the past year,  told Guardian:  

“I am astounded,” said”It appears to be a kind of cosmetic cream or ointment. Creams of this kind do not ordinarily survive into the archaeological record, so this is a unique find.”

The  sealed container was unearthed on a site at the junction between two major Roman roads in Southwark, near the river Thames.

The site, dating from 50 AD, contained two 11-metre-square Roman-Celtic temples, between which was a large yard suitable for mᴀss worship.

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