Cosmetics, Ketchup and Formula Simplicity

May 18th, 2020
Karl Laden, Ph.D., Alpa Cosmetics, BarLev, Israel
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In December 2019, Tali Erickson-Gini of the Israel Antiquities Authority reported the discovery of an ancient Roman garum manufacturing site near Ashkelon on the southern coast of Israel.1 

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