时差N小时 埃及艳后为什么化浓妆?(上)

（单词翻译）

Over five thousand years ago, the ancient Egyptians used eye shadow, not only for cosmetic¹ 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 pigment² 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 cosmetics³,

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 eyelids⁴.

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 flecks⁵, 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。