The comb is about one inch long by 0.9 inches wide and has teeth on both sides that were likely used to remove lice and their eggs from hair, similar to the two-sided lice combs still used today.

An ancient lice comb, believed to be from around 1700 BCE, has on it the oldest known sentence written in first alphabet. Dafna Gazit, Israel Antiquities Authority 2022-11-12T12:07:28Z ...

A seven-word inscription discovered by accident on a 3,700-year-old lice comb is the oldest known sentence written in an alphabet, according to a new study.

The Canannites invented the first alphabet about 3,800 years ago. The letters, instead of hieroglyphics like those used in Egypt, became the basis for written Latin, Greek, and Hebrew. English ...

In the popular game show 25 Words or Less (now streaming on Peacock!), and the board game of the same name, contestants compete to communicate five target words to their teammates using as few ...

The inscription encourages people to comb their hair and beards to rid themselves of lice. The sentence contains 17 letters that read: "May this tusk root out the lice of the hair and the beard." ...

Archaeologists said they found microscopic evidence of head lice on the comb, which was first excavated in 2016 in southern Israel. “It is a very human text,” Garfinkel said.

The oldest sentence written in the earliest known alphabet has been discovered – carved into an ivory comb which warned about head lice. The comb – estimated to be 3,700 years old – was ...

No one wants head lice — not today and not 3,700 years ago, archaeologists in Israel discovered after deciphering a comb with the oldest alphabet’s first complete sentence.

A seven-word inscription discovered by accident on a 3,700-year-old lice comb is the oldest known sentence written in an alphabet, according to a new study.

A seven-word inscription discovered by accident on a 3,700-year-old lice comb is the oldest known sentence written in an alphabet, according to a new study. Posted 4:00 a.m. Nov 9, 2022 ...