时差N小时 埃及艳后为什么化浓妆?(下)（在线收听）

She darkened her eyebrows and lengthened her eyelashes with black kohl, a mixture of powdered lead sulfide and animal fat.

她也会描眉，还用黑色的眼圈粉拉长睫毛。这种眼圈粉是由粉状的硫化铅和动物油脂混合而成。

And for lipstick and rouge, Cleopatra used red ochre, a type of clay colored red by iron oxide.

埃及艳后选用赤铁矿粘土来作口红和腮红，这种粘土会因氧化铁呈现出红色。

The Egyptian queen even wore nail polish, made of the reddish-brown dye called henna, which comes from the Egyptian privet tree.

埃及艳后甚至还涂指甲油，这种指甲油是由埃及女贞树上的指甲花的红褐色染料制成。

And Cleopatra often had her palms painted with henna in elaborate designs. Like the ancient Egyptians before her.

同时，埃及艳后经常会用指甲花在手掌中绘出各色精致图案，就像之前的古埃及人那样。

Cleopatra used her cosmetics not simply for beauty's sake, but for certain benefits that beauty might bring.

埃及艳后使用化妆品不仅是为了美貌，而是利用美貌为她带来的利益。

With Julius Caesar as her lover and, later, Marc Antony as her husband, Cleopatra consolidated Egypt's power with that of Rome.

埃及艳后曾是凯撒大帝的情人，之后改嫁大将军马克安东尼，她利用罗马的权势巩固了埃及政权。