There's more to the eye makeup that gave Queen Nefertiti and other ancient Egyptians royals those stupendous gazes and legendary beauty than meets the eye. Scientists in France are reporting that ...

The most refined beauty rituals were carried out at the toilettes of wealthy Egyptian women. A typical regimen for such a woman living during the Middle Kingdom (ca. 2030-1650 B.C.) would have ...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11, 2010 — There's more to the eye makeup that gave Queen Nefertiti and other ancient Egyptian royals those stupendous gazes and legendary beauty than meets the eye.

The ancient Egyptian royals sure loved their eye makeup. Look at Queen Nefertiti up there. The ancients believed their makeup not only looked good, but protected them against health problems.

Queen Nefertiti's cat-eye connected me to my Egyptian heritage. Then I found a defiant eyeliner tradition in California's Mexican-American community.

But Nefertiti is not the only ancient beauty whose reputation has been questioned. Cleopatra, whose beauty was legendary, was portrayed unflatteringly in 2001.

Queen Hetepheres I was one of ancient Egypt's most influential queens; she was the wife of Sneferu, the first pharaoh of the fourth dynasty (circa 2575 B.C. to 2465 B.C.).

Discover the beauty rituals followed by the ancient Egyptian queen Cleopatra that you can use today. You may have heard of the ancient Queen of Egypt Cleopatra. Fierce ruler as she was, she's known to ...

The elaborate eye makeup worn by Queen Nefertiti and other ancient Egyptians was believed to have healing powers, conjuring up the protection of the Gods Horus and Ra and warding off illnesses ...