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07/28/2003 Archived Entry: "'Roman cosmetics' found at ancient dig"

COOL ROMAN STORY OF THE DAY: Archaeologists excavating an area soon to be a shopping mall/apartment complex in London that was a major Roman temple about 2000 years ago have found a box with what may be face cream or face paint. It's so well preserved that the fingermarks of last person to have used it are still present.

I would have been poor as an academic but the chance to find stuff like this would have made up for it.

Read on.