Discovery Channel Reports Discovery in Cyprus of Oldest Known Perfumery

What may be the world's oldest known perfumery, set atop a Cyprus hillside with sweeping views of the Mediterranean, has just been excavated by a team of archaeologists from the Italian Institute of Technologies Applied to Cultural Heritage, according to The Discovery Channel citing recent news reports.

Remains at the Pyrgos-Mavroraki site near Nicosia include clay perfume bottle fragments that contain 14 perfumes of varied fragrances and ten odor essences. Archaeologists also found an olive oil press next to the perfume factory.

Maria Rosario Belgiorno, director of the excavation, said she believed the perfumery was 4,000 years old and represented the oldest known perfumery.  Click here for the full story on the Discovery Channel.