Lice were rampant. Cleopatra, for example, was buried with solid gold lice combs, while other Egyptians would shave their entire bodies to try and get rid of the parasites. So, it's a problem we ...

Old Small Ivory Comb Engraved With Oldest Sentence Written in First Alphabet Researchers have unearthed a unique spell from ...

An engraving on an ancient lice comb might be the oldest known sentence written in the first alphabet. The doubled-edged ivory comb, which was excavated in Israel, bears an engraved inscription ...