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Glass perfume bottles in the shape of birds, Roman Empire, 1st century BCE/AD (lemmy.world)
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[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 15 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Actually, you snap off the tail - it's a single use item!

[–] Hegar@fedia.io 7 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Oh, what a gorgeous waste that is.

[–] EdanGrey@sh.itjust.works 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

And we'll never know what the perfumes smell like because they'll never be broken

[–] RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] EdanGrey@sh.itjust.works 3 points 8 months ago

I'd definitely be curious to know

[–] MohamedMoney@feddit.org 4 points 8 months ago

It feels wasteful and luxurious, but glass is more or less indefinitely recyclable.