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Scientists uncover the oldest eyeliner in ruins of a prehistoric city

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The kohl stick a type of eyeliner still used today was discovered in Yeilova Höyük , an ancient settlement in western Turkey .

It's made of green serpentine stone and remarkably still has traces of black paint on its tip from when it was last used.

It would have been used to apply pigment for aesthetic and medical reasons.

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