Much like their Ancient Egyptian counterparts, Emirati women even had their kohl buried with them ... The application has a dual purpose: to enhance the beauty of the eye, and to provide ...

The earliest archaeological evidence of the use of cosmetics can be traced back to the urban civilizations of the ancient world. In southern Iraq and in Egypt, men and women alike painted kohl around ...

Pots like these were used to store make-up and cosmetics. Ancient Egyptians decorated their eyes with black kohl eyeliner. Both men and women painted their eyes. Lamps in Ancient Egypt burnt oil ...

While ancient-Egyptian eyeliner, called kohl, would have been used for cosmetics, it wasn't its only use, said Browder. "That was used primarily as protection from the intense sunlight," said Browder.