对镜梳妆打扮，再涂些化妆品，喷点香水，这些现代妇女每天必做的“功课”，早在几千年前的古埃及就出现了，原来木乃伊也很爱美……
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On the 14th of November, 1365 BC, the construction workers, working on a temple for 1)Rameses III, went on strike. And the reason they went on strike is because they ran out of make-up. Now, this may seem a bit odd, but in fact make-up was an essential part of the tool-kit of any construction worker in ancient Egypt. The reason, of course, is because they were working all day long under the hot sun; they needed to protect their skins. And what the ancient Egyptians had invented 3,000 years before anyone had heard of “2)Factor 20” was the moisturizing sun block. As a matter of fact, ancient Egyptian men wore just as much make-up as did women.
公元前1365年11月14日，为拉美西斯三世修建庙宇的建筑工人进行了大罢工。他们罢工的原因是由于他们的化妆品用完了。如今，这等事或许看起来有点奇怪，但是在古埃及，化妆品的确是任何建筑工人的工具箱中必不可缺的组成部分。原因当然是因为他们整天在烈日下工作，需要保护他们的皮肤。三千年前，古埃及人在“防晒指数20”还未为人所知之时便发明了保湿防晒霜。事实上，古埃及的男士涂化妆品并不比女士少。
We don't know if the Egyptians invented make-up, but they were certainly the first to thoroughly document it. The Egyptians had every cosmetic invention that we have today: foundation, blusher, lip gloss and eye liner. Instead of 3)mascara pencils and brushes, they invented delicate 4)applicators of ivory, silver and bronze. Not even death was an excuse to look 5)off-colour. A healthy 6)complexion was ensured in the afterlife by burying handy cosmetic kits alongside their 7)sarcophagi.
我们不知道是否埃及人发明了化妆品，但他们肯定是首批把这一用品全面记录在册的人。埃及人拥有我们如今所有的化妆用品：粉底、腮红、唇彩和眼线笔。没有睫毛笔或刷子，取而代之他们发明了用象牙、白银和铜制成的、精致的化妆工具。即使是离世也不能作为素颜的理由。在古埃及人的石棺旁边会埋置一套轻便的化妆品，以保证他们在冥界仍有健康红润的脸色。
