Ancient Rome: Archaeologists uncover 2,000-year-old make up
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Archaeologists have uncovered an ancient cosmetics and jewellery shop, dating back thousands of years.
The discovery was made in the ancient city of Aizonoi, which was an important political and economic centre in Roman times, and is located in modern-day western Turkey.
Experts found items including perfume bottles and remains of make up including eye shadows and blush.
It's thought the make up was used by Roman women more than 2,000 years ago.
Beads and hairpins were also found at the site
What did experts find?
Archaeologists uncovered a shop there which they believe sold jewellery and cosmetic products including perfume and make up.
They also found various beads from necklaces and hairpins.
There were perfume bottles and a large number of oyster shells in the shop - which were used as a container to hold make up.
What surprised experts is that make up found at the site contained brightly-coloured pigments similar to those in blusher and eyeshadows used today.
The main colours they found were reds and pinks - in 10 different shades.