NATURAL THINGS SHOP

The purest bay oils from the Antakya (Antiócheia) region were used.

Characteristic colorS
OF Aleppo soap

COLOR outside:
golden brown

Look at this bust of a Roman woman!

Do you think Roman women also used “shampoo” which contains many chemicals that we use today?
The world’s first hard soap is Aleppo soap. It has been made for around 3,500 years in the small town of Aleppo, Syria, and used for thousands of years around the Mediterranean.

Femme Flavienne
buste de Rome ca. 90 CE

Also look at this bust of a Roman man!

Do you think Roman men also used “shampoo” which contains many chemicals that we use today?The world’s first hard soap is Aleppo soap. It has been made for around 3,500 years in the small town of Aleppo, Syria, and used for thousands of years around the Mediterranean.

Bust of Antinous
2nd cent. A.D

And look at this fresco of an Egyptian woman!

Do you think Egyptian women also used “shampoo” which contains many chemicals that we use today?The world’s first hard soap is Aleppo soap. It has been made for around 3,500 years in the small town of Aleppo, Syria, and used for thousands of years around the Mediterranean.

Lady Tjepu
Thebes, Egypt
Ca. 1390-1353 B.C.E.