PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to Historical Artifacts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoGlass perfume bottles in the shape of birds, Roman Empire, 1st century BCE/ADlemmy.worldimagemessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up1284arrow-down14
arrow-up1280arrow-down1imageGlass perfume bottles in the shape of birds, Roman Empire, 1st century BCE/ADlemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.worldM to Historical Artifacts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square23fedilink
minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·1 month agoActually, you snap off the tail - it’s a single use item!
minus-squareEdanGrey@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoAnd we’ll never know what the perfumes smell like because they’ll never be broken
minus-squareRestrictedAccount@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoI’m not so sure. You could probably use spectroscopy to figure out what is in there now and then work out what form would have been in way back then.
minus-squareEdanGrey@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoI’d definitely be curious to know
minus-squareMohamedMoney@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoIt feels wasteful and luxurious, but glass is more or less indefinitely recyclable.
Actually, you snap off the tail - it’s a single use item!
Oh, what a gorgeous waste that is.
And we’ll never know what the perfumes smell like because they’ll never be broken
I’m not so sure. You could probably use spectroscopy to figure out what is in there now and then work out what form would have been in way back then.
I’d definitely be curious to know
It feels wasteful and luxurious, but glass is more or less indefinitely recyclable.