Much like their Ancient Egyptian counterparts ... kohl has been celebrated for centuries. The image of kohl-lined eyes is a recurring motif in various Arab art forms: in poetry, for example ...

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 ...

Ancient Egyptians decorated their eyes with black kohl eyeliner. Both men and women painted their eyes. Lamps in Ancient Egypt burnt oil made from plant sources such as castor, sesame or linseed.

While ancient-Egyptian eyeliner, called kohl, would have been used for cosmetics ... where the athlete would put black underneath their eye to absorb the intense rays of sunlight so that they ...