Fatema Soudavar Farmanfarmaian

Scent, Colour and Glitter in the Ancient World

A Comparative History of Aromatics, Cosmetics and Adornment, from the Mediterranean to the China Seas. Sprache: Englisch.
gebunden , 464 Seiten
ISBN 0755656822
EAN 9780755656820
Veröffentlicht 30. Oktober 2025
Verlag/Hersteller Bloomsbury Academic
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Beschreibung

A comparative history of aromatics, cosmetics and adornment and how they shaped civilisation across the Ancient Near East, Central, East and South Asia, from the Neolithic to Late Antiquity.

Portrait

Fatema Soudavar (Farmanfarmaian) is an independent historian and writer. A fellow trustee of the SMF, her work on cosmetics and Iranian history has been published in Iranian Studies, Journal of Persianate Studies, and the Journal of the International Qajar Studies Association, as well as in multi-authored books.