Oil used as an ointment
In ancient Rome and Greece, oil was mostly used for body care: it was a common practice to douse oneself with olive oil in public bathhouses or thermae. Two frescoes found in Pompeii and Herculaneum depict the techniques employed to prepare scented skin balms. Olives were first ground and then pressed between two planks of […]
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