In 2003, archaeologists in London found a sealed tin pot nearly 2,000 years old still full of a Roman face cream, with the finger marks of the last person to scoop out the white paste still visible inside

• Representative image of the tin pot nearly 2,000 years ago that is still full of face cream.
• (Image credit: Canva)The length and breadth of beauty preserved across time, from one era to another, tell stories that continue to unfold.
• In the world around us, multiple time zones and realities coalesce, with people across different periods finding their own ways of preserving and enhancing their appearance.