A decade-long dig near Cairo unearthed the recipe and its recreation is a thick and sticky concoction made from myrrh, cardamom, olive oil and cinnamon.
A perfume which may have been worn by the famous Ancient Egyptian pharaoh Cleopatra has been recreated by scientists.
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