时差N小时 埃及艳后为什么化浓妆?(上)（在线收听）

Over five thousand years ago, the ancient Egyptians used eye shadow, not only for cosmetic but practical purposes as well.

5000多年以前，古埃及人画眼影不仅是为了美观，其实也有实际用途。

Dark pigment painted around the eye helped protect the eye from the bright midday sun glaring off the desert sands.

正午的艳阳照射着沙漠，涂在眼眶周围的深色颜料可保护眼睛免受强光的伤害。

The earliest eye paint in ancient Egypt was a thick, bright green paste made from the mineral malachite.

古埃及人最早使用的眼影是由一种矿物质—孔雀石制成，看起来像一团厚重而明亮的绿色糊状物。

By the time Queen Cleopatra came to power in the 1st century BC, Egyptian women had at their disposal a whole rainbow of cosmetics,

公元前1世纪，埃及艳后克里奥佩德拉掌权后，埃及女性可以任意使用各种各样的化妆品，

all of which were made from rocks, minerals, and plants in the region.

这些化妆品皆由当地的岩石，矿物质和植物制成。

Cleopatra used the bright green malachite paste of the ancient Egyptians on her lower eyelids.

埃及艳后在她的下眼睑涂抹古埃及人曾使用的孔雀石眼影。

On her upper eyelids, she used a deep blue eye shadow with gold-colored pyrite flecks, made from ground lapis lazuli stone.

她用一种带有金色黄铁矿斑点的深绿色眼影涂抹上眼睑，这种眼影的原料为天青石。