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Kohl was used by men and women alike to protect ... Aiman Ashmawy, an archaeologist at Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities who was involved in the dig, said in the ministry statement that ...

In southern Iraq and in Egypt, men and women alike painted kohl around their eyes to make them look larger as well as to protect them from the evil eye. This thick black ointment, made of ground lead ...

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.