A 4,000-year-old lipstick uncovered in Iran may be the oldest ever found. It's uncannily similar to modern ones.

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A picture shows a stone container next to a close up up pigment.
This stone tube was found to contain pigment that may have been an early lip paint, said researchers.

M. Vidale, F. Zorzi/Eskandari et al Sci Rep 14, 2670 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-52490-w. CC BY 4.0

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