Archaeologists Clean Dirty Monuments With Face Packs

Posted by timothy on Sunday December 8, 2002 @04:56PM from the floor-wax-and-dessert-topping dept.

Makarand writes "According to this article on indiaExpress.com archaeologists at the world famous Taj Mahal (Agra, India) are using a face-pack consisting of soil, cereal, milk and lime to beautify the monument. This recipe called 'Multani Mitti', which translates as 'mud from Multan,' is based on a beauty formula from the 16th century and contains lime-rich clay found in Multan (now a part of Pakistan) which was used for thousands of years as a face-pack by Indian women. The sticky brown mixture is smeared on the pollution-stained marble surfaces of the monument and washed off with warm water after 24 hours. Scientists from Italy have shown interest in these face-packs to restore their marble statues. The BBC News article says the same thing but has pictures."

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Watch out for the lawyers... by Vendekkai · 2002-12-08 17:55 · Score: 2, Interesting

How soon do you give this before some MNC patents this, and then charges Indians to use it?

India is already fighting several such cases where Indian rice, traditional herb extracts and so on, have been patented.