The earliest iteration of eyeliner — which has been integral ... “I grew up believing kohl was a traditional Egyptian practice. When I started using kohl as a teenager, I thought it looked ...

The earliest archaeological evidence of the use of cosmetics can be traced back to the urban civilizations of the ancient world. In southern Iraq and in Egypt, men and women alike painted kohl around ...

While ancient-Egyptian eyeliner, called kohl, would have been used for cosmetics, it wasn't its only use, said Browder. "That was used primarily as protection from the intense sunlight," said Browder.

Archaeologists have unearthed the oldest eyeliner from the ruins of a prehistoric ... and sculptures in ancient Egypt, kohl was mainly used for the treatment of eye diseases rather than an ...

Pots like these were used to store make-up and cosmetics. Ancient Egyptians decorated their eyes with black kohl eyeliner. Both men and women painted their eyes. Lamps in Ancient Egypt burnt oil ...