Institute for Iranian StudiesUpcoming event! On April 16th at 5pm, we will have a talk by Fatema Soudavar Farmanfarmaian about her book Scent, Colour and Glitter in the Ancient World.
While aromatics, cosmetics and adornment are often seen as frivolities, this book explores their major role in the cradles of civilisation from the Nile to the Indus between the neolithic and late Antiquity. On the way, the author explores their links to faith, power, cosmology, sexuality, magic, technology, administration and craftsmanship, many of the underpinnings of the societies that developed throughout that period.
Book link:
https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/scent-colour-and-glitter-in-the-ancient-world-9780755656820/
